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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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Thousand Oaks, California :
SAGE Publications, Inc.,
[2020]
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| 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"-- |
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| Physical Description: | xv, 112 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 85-108) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781506355603 1506355609 |