Agent-based modeling and simulation in archaeology /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Wurzer, Gabriel (Editor), Kowarik, Kerstin (Editor), Reschreiter, Hans (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing Switzerland, [2015]
Series:Advances in geographic information science.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Explaining the past with ABM : on modelling philosophy / Mark W. Lake ; Modeling archaeology : origins of the artificial Anasazi Project and beyond / Alan C. Swedlund, Lisa Sattanspiel, Amy L. Warren, and George J. Gumerman
  • Methods. Agent-based simulation in archaeology : a characterization / Felix Breitenecker, Martin Bicher, and Gabriel Wurzer ; Reproducibility / Niki Popper and Philipp Pichler ; Geosimulation : modeling spatial processes / Andreas Koch ; Large simulations and small societies : high performance computing for archaeological simulations / Xavier Rubio-Campillo
  • Applications. Mining with agents : modelling prehistoric mining / Kerstin Kowarik, Hans Reschreiter, and Gabriel Wurzer ; Modelling settlement rank-size fluctuations / Enrico R. Crema ; Understanding the Iron Age economy : sustainability of agricultural practices under stable population growth / Alžběta Danielisová, Kamila Olševičová, Richard Cimler, and Tomáš Machálek ; Simulating Patagonian territoriality in prehistory : space, frontiers and networks among hunter-gatherers / Joan A. Barceló, Florencia Del Castillo, Ricardo Del Olmo, Laura Mameli, Francisco J. Miguel Quesada, David Poza, and Xavier Vilà
  • Summary and outlook. How did sugarscape become a whole society model? / André Costopoulos.