02289nam a2200421 a 4500 ebr10364762 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 060822s2007 njua sb 001 0 eng d 2006933230 0691127026 (pbk.: acid-free paper) 9780691127026 (pbk.: acid-free paper) 0691130965 (acid-free paper) 9780691130965 (acid-free paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)760073369 H61.25 .M55 2007eb 300.1/513 22 70.03 bcl Miller, John H. (John Howard), 1959- Complex adaptive systems [electronic resource] : an introduction to computational models of social life / John H. Miller and Scott E. Page. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2007. xix, 263 p. : ill. Princeton studies in complexity Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-260) and index. pt. 1. INTRODUCTION. Introduction -- Complexity in social worlds -- pt. 2. PRELIMINARIES. Modeling -- On emergence -- pt. 3. COMPUTATIONAL MODELING. Computation as theory -- Why agent-based objects? -- pt. 4. MODELS OF COMPLEX ADAPTIVE SOCIAL SYSTEMS. A basic framework -- Complex adaptive social systems in one dimension -- Social dynamics -- Evolving automata -- Some fundamentals of organizational decision making -- pt. 5. CONCLUSIONS. Social science in between -- Epilogue -- Appendixes. A. An open agenda for complex adaptive social systems -- B. Practices for computational modeling. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Social systems Mathematical models. Social sciences Mathematical models. Sociale relaties. gtt Computermodellen. gtt Electronic books. local Page, Scott E. ebrary, Inc. Princeton studies in complexity. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10364762 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 110555 110555