Complex adaptive systems 

 -  Princeton University Press,  2007 
 - 263p. ; 23 cm. 
<br/><br/> an introduction to computational models of social life 
<br/><br/>pt. 1. INTRODUCTION. Introduction  Complexity in social worlds--  pt. 2. PRELIMINARIES. Modeling--  On emergence--  pt. 3. COMPUTATIONAL MODELING. Computation as theory--  Why agent-based objects?--  pt. 4. MODELS OF COMPLEX ADAPTIVE SOCIAL SYSTEMS. A basic framework--  Complex adaptive social systems in one dimension--  Social dynamics--  Evolving automata--  Some fundamentals of organizational decision making--  pt. 5. CONCLUSIONS. Social science in between--  Epilogue--  Appendixes. A. An open agenda for complex adaptive social systems--  B. Practices for computational modeling.-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780691127026 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>CLASS H - SOCIAL SCIENCES
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social systems--Mathematical models<br/>Social sciences--Mathematical models<br/>