Growing artificial societies : social science from the bottom up / Joshua M. Epstein, Robert Axtell.
1996
H61 .E67 1996eb
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Title
Growing artificial societies : social science from the bottom up / Joshua M. Epstein, Robert Axtell.
Author
Epstein, Joshua M., 1951-
ISBN
9780262272360 (electronic bk.)
0262272369 (electronic bk.)
0585033579 (electronic bk.)
9780585033570 (electronic bk.)
0262050536
0262550253
0262550261
9780262050531 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780262550253 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780262550260 (CD-ROM)
0262272369 (electronic bk.)
0585033579 (electronic bk.)
9780585033570 (electronic bk.)
0262050536
0262550253
0262550261
9780262050531 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780262550253 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780262550260 (CD-ROM)
Publication Details
Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©1996.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xv, 208 pages) : color illustrations.
Call Number
H61 .E67 1996eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
300
Summary
How do social structures and group behaviors arise from the interaction of individuals? Growing Artificial Societies approaches this question with cutting-edge computer simulation techniques. Fundamental collective behaviors such as group formation, cultural transmission, combat, and trade are seen to "emerge" from the interaction of individual agents following a few simple rules. In their program, named Sugarscape, Epstein and Axtell begin the development of a "bottom up" social science that is capturing the attention of researchers and commentators alike. The study is part of the 2050 Project, a joint venture of the Santa Fe Institute, the World Resources Institute, and the Brookings Institution. The project is an international effort to identify conditions for a sustainable global system in the next century and to design policies to help achieve such a system. Growing Artificial Societies is also available on CD-ROM, which includes about 50 animations that develop the scenarios described in the text. Copublished with the Brookings Institution.
Note
"A product of the 2050 Project, a collaborative effort of the Brookings Institution, the Santa Fe Institute and the World Resources Institute."
How do social structures and group behaviors arise from the interaction of individuals? Growing Artificial Societies approaches this question with cutting-edge computer simulation techniques. Fundamental collective behaviors such as group formation, cultural transmission, combat, and trade are seen to "emerge" from the interaction of individual agents following a few simple rules. In their program, named Sugarscape, Epstein and Axtell begin the development of a "bottom up" social science that is capturing the attention of researchers and commentators alike. The study is part of the 2050 Project, a joint venture of the Santa Fe Institute, the World Resources Institute, and the Brookings Institution. The project is an international effort to identify conditions for a sustainable global system in the next century and to design policies to help achieve such a system. Growing Artificial Societies is also available on CD-ROM, which includes about 50 animations that develop the scenarios described in the text. Copublished with the Brookings Institution.
How do social structures and group behaviors arise from the interaction of individuals? Growing Artificial Societies approaches this question with cutting-edge computer simulation techniques. Fundamental collective behaviors such as group formation, cultural transmission, combat, and trade are seen to "emerge" from the interaction of individual agents following a few simple rules. In their program, named Sugarscape, Epstein and Axtell begin the development of a "bottom up" social science that is capturing the attention of researchers and commentators alike. The study is part of the 2050 Project, a joint venture of the Santa Fe Institute, the World Resources Institute, and the Brookings Institution. The project is an international effort to identify conditions for a sustainable global system in the next century and to design policies to help achieve such a system. Growing Artificial Societies is also available on CD-ROM, which includes about 50 animations that develop the scenarios described in the text. Copublished with the Brookings Institution.
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Axtell, Robert.
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