书目名称 | Modelling and Simulation in the Social Sciences from the Philosophy of Science Point of View |
编辑 | Rainer Hegselmann,Ulrich Mueller,Klaus G. Troitzsc |
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丛书名称 | Theory and Decision Library A: |
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描述 | Model building in the social sciences can increasingly rely onwell elaborated formal theories. At the same time inexpensive largecomputational capacities are now available. Both make computer-basedmodel building and simulation possible in social science, whosecentral aim is in particular an understanding of social dynamics. Suchsocial dynamics refer to public opinion formation, partner choice,strategy decisions in social dilemma situations and much more. In thecontext of such modelling approaches, novel problems in philosophy ofscience arise which must be analysed - the main aim of thisbook. .Interest in social simulation has recently been growing rapidly world-wide, mainly as a result of the increasing availability of powerfulpersonal computers. The field has also been greatly influenced bydevelopments in cellular automata theory (from mathematics) and indistributed artificial intelligence which provided tools readilyapplicable to social simulation. .This book presents a number of modelling and simulation approaches andtheir relations to problems in philosophy of science. It addressessociologists and other social scientists interested in formalmodelling, mathematical sociology, an |
出版日期 | Book 1996 |
关键词 | artificial intelligence; philosophy of science; science; sociology; structuralism |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8686-3 |
isbn_softcover | 978-90-481-4722-9 |
isbn_ebook | 978-94-015-8686-3Series ISSN 0921-3384 Series E-ISSN 2352-2119 |
issn_series | 0921-3384 |
copyright | Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1996 |