Growing artificial societies :
Epstein, Joshua M., 1951-
Growing artificial societies : social science from the bottom up / Joshua M. Epstein, Robert Axtell. - Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, �1996. - 1 online resource (xv, 208 pages) : color illustrations. - Complex adaptive systems . - Complex adaptive systems. .
"A product of the 2050 Project, a collaborative effort of the Brookings Institution, the Santa Fe Institute and the World Resources Institute."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-202) and index.
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Life and Death on the Sugarscape -- Sex, Culture, and Conflict: The Emergence of History -- Sugar and Spice: Trade Comes to the Sugarscape -- Disease Processes -- Conclusions -- Appendixes -- References -- Index. I. II. III. IV. V. VI.
How do social structures and group behaviors arise from the interaction of individuals? Growing Artificial Societies approaches this question with cutting-edge computer simulation techniques. Fundamental collective behaviors such as group formation, cultural transmission, combat, and trade are seen to "emerge" from the interaction of individual agents following a few simple rules. In their program, named Sugarscape, Epstein and Axtell begin the development of a "bottom up" social science that is capturing the attention of researchers and commentators alike. The study is part of the 2050 Project, a joint venture of the Santa Fe Institute, the World Resources Institute, and the Brookings Institution. The project is an international effort to identify conditions for a sustainable global system in the next century and to design policies to help achieve such a system. Growing Artificial Societies is also available on CD-ROM, which includes about 50 animations that develop the scenarios described in the text. Copublished with the Brookings Institution.
English.
9780262272360 0262272369 0585033579 9780585033570
3374 MIT Press 9780262272360 MIT Press
Social sciences.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Essays.
Social sciences.
Sciences sociales.
Computersimulation
Kollektives Verhalten
Soziales System
Sozialwissenschaften
Sociale stelsels.
Computersimulaties.
Computermodellen.
Sciences sociales.
COMPUTER SCIENCE/General
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
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Growing artificial societies : social science from the bottom up / Joshua M. Epstein, Robert Axtell. - Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, �1996. - 1 online resource (xv, 208 pages) : color illustrations. - Complex adaptive systems . - Complex adaptive systems. .
"A product of the 2050 Project, a collaborative effort of the Brookings Institution, the Santa Fe Institute and the World Resources Institute."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-202) and index.
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Life and Death on the Sugarscape -- Sex, Culture, and Conflict: The Emergence of History -- Sugar and Spice: Trade Comes to the Sugarscape -- Disease Processes -- Conclusions -- Appendixes -- References -- Index. I. II. III. IV. V. VI.
How do social structures and group behaviors arise from the interaction of individuals? Growing Artificial Societies approaches this question with cutting-edge computer simulation techniques. Fundamental collective behaviors such as group formation, cultural transmission, combat, and trade are seen to "emerge" from the interaction of individual agents following a few simple rules. In their program, named Sugarscape, Epstein and Axtell begin the development of a "bottom up" social science that is capturing the attention of researchers and commentators alike. The study is part of the 2050 Project, a joint venture of the Santa Fe Institute, the World Resources Institute, and the Brookings Institution. The project is an international effort to identify conditions for a sustainable global system in the next century and to design policies to help achieve such a system. Growing Artificial Societies is also available on CD-ROM, which includes about 50 animations that develop the scenarios described in the text. Copublished with the Brookings Institution.
English.
9780262272360 0262272369 0585033579 9780585033570
3374 MIT Press 9780262272360 MIT Press
Social sciences.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Essays.
Social sciences.
Sciences sociales.
Computersimulation
Kollektives Verhalten
Soziales System
Sozialwissenschaften
Sociale stelsels.
Computersimulaties.
Computermodellen.
Sciences sociales.
COMPUTER SCIENCE/General
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
H61 / .E67 1996eb
300
301:518.3 518.3:301
300 E64g