Simulating Social Complexity A Handbook /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Edmonds, Bruce (Editor), Meyer, Ruth (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Understanding Complex Systems,
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computers.; Application software.; Behavioral sciences.; Game theory.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Social sciences.; Computer Science.; Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences.; Social Sciences, general.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.; Behavioral Sciences.; Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences.; Computing Methodologies.

Social systems are among the most complex known. This poses particular problems for those who wish to understand them. The complexity often makes analytic approaches infeasible and natural language approaches inadequate for relating intricate cause and effect. However, individual- and agent-based co...