Robert L. Axtell & Joshua M. Epstein 
Growing Artificial Societies [PDF ebook] 
Social Science from the Bottom Up

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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.Copublished with the Brookings Institution

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 224 ● ISBN 9780262272360 ● Publisher The MIT Press ● Published 1996 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 7960329 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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