Complex adaptive systems
Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: Princeton University Press, 2007Description: 263p. ; 23 cm.ISBN:- 9780691127026
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Book | TBS Barcelona Libre acceso | H61.25 MIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | b00502 |
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.--