Agent-Based Computational Modelling Applications in Demography, Social, Economic and Environmental Sciences /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Billari, Francesco C. (Editor), Fent, Thomas (Editor), Prskawetz, Alexia (Editor), Scheffran, Jürgen (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg : Physica-Verlag HD, 2006.
• Series: Contributions to Economics,
• Subjects: Computer simulation.; Economics.; Management science.; Population.; Environmental economics.; Social sciences.; Demography.; Economics, general.; Population Economics.; Methodology of the Social Sciences.; Simulation and Modeling.; Environmental Economics.
• Physical Description: X, 226 p. 95 illus. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783790817218
• ISSN: 1431-1933

The present book describes the methodology to set up agent-based models and to study emerging patterns in complex adaptive systems resulting from multi-agent interaction. It offers the application of agent-based models in demography, social and economic sciences and environmental sciences. Examples include population dynamics, evolution of social norms, communication structures, patterns in eco-systems and socio-biology, natural resource management, spread of diseases and development processes. It presents and combines different approaches how to implement agent-based computational models and tools in an integrative manner that can be extended to other cases.