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

Contributor(s): Gilbert, G. Nigel | Conte, Rosaria, 1952-Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : UCL Press, 1995Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 302 pages)ISBN: 9780203993699; 9781135367268; 9781135367305; 9781135367312Subject(s): Social sciences -- Simulation methods -- Congresses | Computer simulation -- CongressesAdditional physical formats: Print version: : No titleDDC classification: 300.113 LOC classification: H61 | .A7 1995Online access: Click here to view.
Contents:
chapter 1 Introduction part Part I The simulation of social theories chapter 2 A model of the emergence of new political actors / Robert Axelrod chapter 3 Division of labour and social co-ordination modes: a simple simulation model chapter 4 Emergence of kinship structures: a multi-agent approach / Jean Pierre Treuil 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 / Jim Doran chapter 7 Genetic algorithms, teleological conservatism, and the emergence of optimal demand relations: the case of learning-by-consuming part Part II The evolution and emergence of societies chapter 8 Emergence in social simulation / Nigel Gilbert chapter 9 How to invent a lexicon: the development of shared symbols in interaction / Edwin Hutchins 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 part Part III The foundations of social simulation 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 simulation / Rosaria Conte chapter 14 A logical approach to simulating societies / Michael Fisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-297) and index.

chapter 1 Introduction part Part I The simulation of social theories chapter 2 A model of the emergence of new political actors / Robert Axelrod chapter 3 Division of labour and social co-ordination modes: a simple simulation model chapter 4 Emergence of kinship structures: a multi-agent approach / Jean Pierre Treuil 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 / Jim Doran chapter 7 Genetic algorithms, teleological conservatism, and the emergence of optimal demand relations: the case of learning-by-consuming part Part II The evolution and emergence of societies chapter 8 Emergence in social simulation / Nigel Gilbert chapter 9 How to invent a lexicon: the development of shared symbols in interaction / Edwin Hutchins 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 part Part III The foundations of social simulation 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 simulation / Rosaria Conte chapter 14 A logical approach to simulating societies / Michael Fisher.

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