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Simulation for the Social Scientist

Name: Simulation for the Social Scientist
Author: Nigel Gilbert, Klaus G. Troitzsch
ISBN: 9780335197446

by Nigel Gilbert, Klaus G. Troitzsch

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"This authoritative book details all the common approaches to social simulation to provide social scientists with an appreciation of the literature and allow those with some programming skills to create their own simulations." The book is an essential tool for social scientists in a wide range of fields, particularly sociology, economics, anthropology, geography, organizational theory, political science, social policy, cognitive psychology and cognitive science. It will also appeal to computer scientists interested in distributed artificial intelligence, multi-agent systems and agent technologies.

About the Author, Nigel Gilbert, Klaus G. Troitzsch

Nigel Gilbert (United Kingdom) is a member of

the Sociology Department at the University of

Surrey.

Dr. Klaus G. Troitzsch (Germany) is based at the

Universitat Koblenz-Landau.

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Gilbert (sociology, U. of Surrey) and Troitzsch (social science informatics, U. of Koblenz-Landau, Germany) offer a practical textbook on techniques for building simulations to assist the understanding of social and economics issues. They explain what computer simulation can contribute to the social sciences, which of the many approaches to simulation would be best for a particular research project, and how to design and carry out a simulation and analyze the results. Computer scientists might also benefit from reading what functions social scientists need and what problems they have with existing packages. US distribution by Taylor and Francis. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)