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

• Pubblicazione: London : , : UCL Press, , 1995
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (270 p.)
• Disciplina: 300.113; 300.285; 300/.1/13
• Soggetto topico: Social sciences - Simulation methods; Computer simulation
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: GilbertG. Nigel ConteRosaria <1952->
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Artificial societies
• ISBN: 1-135-36730-2; 1-135-36731-0; 1-280-30931-8; 9786610309313; 0-203-99369-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910348238903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II