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Artificial societies : the computer simulation of social life

Title: Artificial societies : the computer simulation of social life / edited by Nigel Gilbert & Rosaria Conte.
Publication: London : UCL Press, 1995.

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xiii. 302 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

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Genre/Form

Conference papers and proceedings

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-297) and index.

Contents

1. Introduction: computer simulation for social theory / Rosaria Conte and Nigel Gilbert -- 2. A model of the emergence of new political actors / Robert Axelrod -- 3. Division of labour and social co-ordination modes: a simple simulation model / Massimo Egidi and Luigi Marengo -- 4. Emergence of kinship structures: a multi-agent approach / Jean Pierre Treuil -- 5. Cities can be agents too: a model for the evolution of settlement systems / Stephane Bura, France Guerin-Pace, Helene Mathian, Denise Pumain and Lena Sanders -- 6. The EOS project: integrating two models of Palaeolithic social change / Jim Doran and Mike Palmer -- 7. Genetic algorithms, teleological conservatism, and the emergence of optimal demand relations: the case of learning-by-consuming / Roger McCain -- 8. Emergence in social simulation / Nigel Gilbert -- 9. How to invent a lexicon: the development of shared symbols in interaction / Edwin Hutchins and Brian Hazlehurst.

ISBN

1857283058
9781857283051
9786610309313
6610309310
9781135367305 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

94047440

OCLC

ocm31755362
31755362
SCSB-2059988

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Princeton University Library