Agent-based Models

Gilbert, Nigel

ISBN 10: 1506355609 / ISBN 13: 9781506355603

Verlag: Sage Pubns, 2019

Beschreibung

2nd edition. 160 pages. 8.25x5.25x0.50 inches. In Stock. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers zk1506355609

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Agent-based Models

Verlag: Sage Pubns

Erscheinungsdatum: 2019

Einband: Paperback

Zustand: Brand New

Auflage: 2. Auflage

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Inhaltsangabe:

This second edition introduces the technique of agent-based modeling; considers a range of methodological and theoretical issues; shows how to design an agent-based model, with a simple example; offers some practical advice about developing, verifying and validating agent-based models; and finally discusses how to plan an agent-based modelling project, publish the results and apply agent-based modeling to formulate and evaluate social and economic policies.  An accompanying simulation using NetLogo and commentary on the program can be downloaded on the book′s website: https://study.sagepub.com/researchmethods/qass/gilbert-agent-based-models-2e.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

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.