Dynamics in human and primate societies [[electronic resource] ] : agent-based modeling of social and spatial processes / / editors, Timothy A. Kohler, George J. Gumerman

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910458641803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000
• ISBN: 0-19-756149-7; 1-280-83327-0; 0-19-535119-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (413 p.)
• Collana: Santa Fe Institute studies in the sciences of complexity
• Altri autori (Persone): KohlerTimothy A; GumermanGeorge J
• Disciplina: 301.0113; 303.4/01/13
• Soggetti: Social evolution - Mathematical models; Social evolution - Computer simulation; Social history - To 500 - Mathematical models; Social history - To 500 - Computer simulation; Animal societies - Mathematical models; Animal societies - Computer simulation; Social behavior in animals - Mathematical models; Social behavior in animals - Computer simulation; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 2000.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Putting Social Sciences Together Again: An Introduction to the Volume; Nonlinear and Synthetic Models for Primate Societies; The Evolution of Cooperation in an Ecological Context: An Agent-Based Model; Evolution of Inference; Trajectories to Complexity in Artificial Societies: Rationality, Belief, and Emotions; MAGICAL Computer Simulation of Mesolithic Foraging; Be There Then: A Modeling Approach to Settlement Determinants and Spatial Efficiency Among Late Ancestral Pueblo Populations of the Mesa Verde Region, U.S. Southwest; Understanding Anasazi Culture Change Through Agent-Based ModelingAnti-Chaos, Common Property, and the Emergence of Cooperation; The Political Impact of Marriage in a Virtual Polynesian Society; The Impact of Raiding on Settlement Patterns in the Northern Valley of Oaxaca: An Approach Using Decision Trees; The Fractal House of Pharaoh: Ancient Egypt as a Complex Adaptive System, a Trial Formulation; Modeling Sociality: The View from Europe; Agent-Based Modeling of Small-Scale Societies: State of the Art and Future Prospects; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 'Dynamics of Human and Primate Societies' presents the most up-to-date research in the study of human and primate societies, demonstrating recent advances in software and algorithms for modelling societies. It also addresses case studies that have applied agent-based modelling approaches in archaeology, cultural anthropology, primatology and sociology.