Agent-Based Models (Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences) - Softcover

Nigel Gilbert

 
9781412949644: Agent-Based Models (Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1412949645 ISBN 13: 9781412949644
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2007

Synopsis

Aimed at readers with minimal experience in computer programming, this brief book provides a theoretical and methodological rationale for using ABM in the social sciences. It goes on to describe some carefully chosen examples from different disciplines, illustrating different approaches to ABM. It concludes with practical advice about how to design and create ABM, a discussion of validation procedures, and some guidelines about publishing articles based on ABM.

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About the Author

Nigel Gilbert is Professor of Sociology at the University of Surrey, Guildford, England. He is the author or editor of 34 books and many academic papers and was the founding editor of the Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation. His current research focuses on the application of agent-based models to understanding social and economic phenomena, especially the emergence of norms, culture, and innovation. He obtained a doctorate in the sociology of scientific knowledge in 1974 from the University of Cambridge and has subsequently taught at the universities of York and Surrey in England. He is one of the pioneers in the field of social simulation and is past president of the European Social Simulation Association. He is a Fellow of the UK Academy of Social Sciences and of the Royal Academy of Engineering.

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Publisher
SAGE Publications, Inc
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1412949645
ISBN 13 
9781412949644
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
114