Agent-based models /

"Agent-based simulation has become increasingly popular as a modeling approach in the social sciences because it enables researchers to build models where individual entities and their interactions are directly represented. The Second Edition of Nigel Gilbert's Agent-Based Models introduce...

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Main Author: Gilbert, G. Nigel (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE Publications, Inc., [2020]
Edition:Second edition.
Series:Quantitative applications in the social sciences ; no. 07-153.
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Summary:"Agent-based simulation has become increasingly popular as a modeling approach in the social sciences because it enables researchers to build models where individual entities and their interactions are directly represented. The Second Edition of Nigel Gilbert's Agent-Based Models introduces this technique; considers a range of methodological and theoretical issues; shows how to design an agent-based model, with a simple example; offers some practical advice about developing, verifying and validating agent-based models; and finally discusses how to plan an agent-based modelling project, publish the results and apply agent-based modeling to formulate and evaluate social and economic policies. A website to accompany the book includes a simulation using NetLogo"--
Physical Description:xv, 112 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 85-108) and index.
ISBN:9781506355603
1506355609