Growing artificial societies : social science from the bottom up / Joshua M. Epstein, Robert Axtell.

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Epstein, Joshua M, 1951-

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text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780262272360
0262272369
0585033579
9780585033570

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Growing artificial societies.DDC classification:

300 20

LOC classification:

H61 .E67 1996eb

NLM classification:

300 E64g

Other classification:

70.03
71.40
MR 2200
QH 253
ST 300

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Contents:

Acknowledgments -- I. Introduction -- II. Life and Death on the Sugarscape -- III. Sex, Culture, and Conflict: The Emergence of History -- IV. Sugar and Spice: Trade Comes to the Sugarscape -- V. Disease Processes -- VI. Conclusions -- Appendixes -- References -- Index.

Summary: 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.

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"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.

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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.

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