Simulation for the social scientist [[electronic resource] /] / Nigel Gilbert and Klaus G. Troitzsch

• Autore: Gilbert G. Nigel
• Pubblicazione: Maidenhead, England ; ; New York, NY, : Open University Press, 2005
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (308 p.)
• Disciplina: 300.11
• Soggetto topico: Social sciences - Simulation methods; Social interaction - Computer simulation; Social sciences - Mathematical models
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: TroitzschKlaus G
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-286) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; References; Author index; Subject index
• Sommario/riassunto: Interest in social simulation has been growing rapidly worldwide as a result of increasingly powerful hardware and software and also a rising interest in the application of ideas of complexity, evolution, adaptation and chaos in the social sciences. Simulation for the Social Scientist is a practical textbook on the techniques of building computer simulations to assist understanding of social and economic issues and problems. This authoritative book details all the common approaches to social simulation, to provide social scientists with an appreciation of the literature and allow those with so
• Titolo autorizzato: Simulation for the social scientist
• ISBN: 1-280-95374-8; 9786610953745; 0-335-22512-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457916003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II