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Record Nr.

UNINA9910765839903321

Autore

Gilbert Nigel

Titolo

Artificial societies : the computer simulation of social life / / edited by Nigel Gilbert & Rosaria Conte

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Taylor & Francis, 1995

London : , : UCL Press, , 1995

ISBN

1-135-36730-2

1-135-36731-0

1-280-30931-8

9786610309313

0-203-99369-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (270 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GilbertG. Nigel

ConteRosaria <1952->

Disciplina

300.113

300.285

300/.1/13

Soggetti

Social sciences - Simulation methods

Computer simulation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Book Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Notes on contributors; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 A model of the emergence of new political actors; Chapter 3 Division of labour and social co-ordination modes: a simple simulation model; Chapter 4 Emergence of kinship structures: a multi-agent approach; Chapter 5 Cities can be agents too: a model for the evolution of settlement systems; Chapter 6 The EOS project: integrating two models of Palaeolithic social change

Chapter 7  Genetic algorithms, teleological conservatism, and the emergence of optimal demand relations: the case of learning-by-consumingChapter 8 Emergence in social simulation; Chapter 9 How to invent a lexicon: the development of shared symbols in interaction; Chapter 10  MANTA: new experimental results on the emergence of (artificial) ant societies; Chapter 11  Emergent behaviour in societies of



heterogeneous, interacting agents: alliances and norms; Chapter 12 Kin-directed altruism and attachment behaviour in an evolving population of neural networks

Chapter 13  Understanding the functions of norms in social groups through simulationChapter 14  A logical approach to simulating societies; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

An exploration of the implications of developments in artificial intelligence for social scientific research, which builds on the theoretical and methodological insights provided by ""Simulating societies"".; This book is intended for worldwide library market for social science subjects such as sociology, political science, geography, archaeology/anthropology, and significant appeal within computer science, particularly artificial intelligence. Also personal reference for researchers.