Computational Social Science

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VOLUME 1 Introduction Why Agents? On the varied motivations for agent computing in the social sciences - Robert L. Axtell On Generating Hypotheses Using Computer Simulations - Kathleen M. Carley The Computer as a Laboratory - John L. Casti Learning to Speculate: Experiments with artificial and real agents - John Duffy Agent-Based Computational Models and Generative Social Science - Joshua M. Epstein Seeing Around Corners - J. Rauch Precursors and Early Work A Computer Simulation of Community Referendum Controversies - Robert P. Abelson and Alex Bernstein A Monte Carlo Approach to Diffusion - T. Hagerstrand Flocks, Herds, and Schools: A distributed behavioral model - Craig W. Reynolds The Checkerboard Model of Social Interaction - J.M. Sakoda Dynamic Models of Segregation - T.C. Schelling Negotiation as a Metaphor for Distributed Problem Solving - R.G. Smith and R. Davis Agent-based Computational Economics Auctions with Artificial Adaptive Agents - James Andreoni and John H. Miller Competing Technologies, Increasing Returns, and Lock-In by Historical Events - W. Brian Arthur Why Are We Simulating Anyway? Some answers from economics - E. Chattoe The Emergence of Economic Classes in an Agent-Based Bargaining Model - Joshua M. Epstein, Robert L. Axtell and P. Young Artificial Adaptive Agents in Economic Theory - John H. Holland and John H. Miller Evolving Market Structure: An ACE model of price dispersion and loyalty - Alan P. Kirman and Nicolaas J. Vriend Artificial Worlds and Economics, Part II - David A. Lane Modeling Macroeconomies as Open-Ended Dynamic Systems of Interacting Agents - L. LeBaron and L. Tesfatsion Why are Economists Sceptical about Agent-based Simulations? - Roberto Leombruni and Matteo Richiardi Agent-Based Modelling - A Methodology for the Analysis of Qualitative Development Processes - Andreas Pyka and Thomas Grebel VOLUME 2 Modelling Sociality Symbolic Interactionist Modeling: The coevolution of symbols and institutions - D.V. Duong Modeling Sociality: The view from Europe - Nigel Gilbert The Emergence of Computational Sociology - N.P. Hummon and T.J. Fararo From Factors to Actors: Computational sociology and agent-based modeling - Michael M. Macy and Robert Willer Exploration and Exploitation in Organizational Learning - James G. March Multi-Agent Systems for the Simulation of Land-Use and Land-Cover Change: A review - Dawn C. Parker, Steven Manson, Marco A. Janssen, Matthew J. Hoffmann and Peter Deadman Multi-Agent Dependence by Dependence Graphs - Jaime S. Sichman and Rosario Conte Groups Sociophysics: A new approach of sociological collective behavior - Serge Galam, Y. Gefen and Y. Shapir Towards a Theory of Collective Phenomena: Consensus and attitude changes in groups - Serge Galam and Serge Moscovici Status and Participation in Task Groups: A dynamic network model - John Skvoretz and Thomas J. Fararo Organisations A Garbage Can Model of Organizational Choice - Michael D. Cohen, James G. March and Johan P. Olsen Societies Population Growth and Collapse in a Multiagent Model of the Kayenta Anasazi in Long House Valley - Robert L. Axtell, Joshua M. Epstein, Jeffrey S. Dean, George J. Gumerman, et al The Wedding-Ring: An agent-based marriage model based on social interaction - F. Billari, A. Prskawetz, B.A. Diaz and T. Fent The EOS Project: Integrating two models of palaeolithic social change - Jim Doran and Mike Palmer Persuasion Dynamics - Gerard Weisbuch, Guillaume Deffuant and Frederic Amblard Networks The Structure of Scientific Collaboration Networks - M.E.J. Newman Opinion Evolution in Closed Community - Katarzyna Sznajd-Weron and Josef Sznajd The New Science of Network - Duncan J. Watts VOLUME 3 Social Dilemmas Agent-Based Simulation in the Study of Social Dilemmas - N.M. Gotts, J.G. Polhill and A.N.R. Law Learning, Signaling, and Social Preferences in Public-Good Games - Marco A. Janssen and T.K. Ahn Nucleus and Shield: The evolution of social structure in the iterated prisoner's dilemma - Bjorn Lomborg Cognition and Norms An Evolutionary Approach to Norms - Robert Axelrod Simulating Fishermen Society - Francois Bousquet, C. Cambier, C. Mullon, P. Morand, and J. Quensiere The Emperor's Dilemma: A computational model of self-enforcing norms - Damon Centola, Robert Willer and Michael M. Macy Understanding the Functions of Norms in Social Groups through Simulation - Roasario Conte and Christiano Castelfranchi Evolving Specialisation, Altruism and Group-Level Optimisation Using Tags - David Hales The Evolution of Ethnocentrism - Ross A. Hammond and Robert Axelrod Fashions, Habits and Changing Preferences: Simulation of psychological factors affecting market dynamics - Marco A. Janssen and Wander Jager Modeling Agents within a BDI Architecture - Anand S. Rao and Michael P. Georgeff A Multi-Agent Model for Describing Transhumance in North Cameroon: Comparison of different rationality to develop a routine - Juliette Rouchier, Francois Bousquet, Melanie Requier-Desjardins and Martine Antona The Evolution of Communication Systems by Adaptive Agents - Luc Steels Cognitive Science Meets Multi-Agent Systems: A prolegomenon - Ron Sun Methodology From KISS to KIDS - An 'Anti-simplistic' Modelling Approach - Bruce Edmonds and Scott Moss VOLUME IV Emergence Varieties of Emergence - Nigel Gilbert Computation at the Edge of Chaos: Phase transitions and emergent computation - C.G. Langton Emergent Properties of Balinese Water Temple Networks: Coadaptation on a rugged fitness landscape - J. Stephen Lansing and James N. Kremer The Standing Ovation Problem - John H. Miller and Scott E. Page Artificial Societies: Multiagent systems and the micro-macro link in sociological theory - R. Keith Sawyer Computational Models of Emergent Properties - John Symons Tools and Techniques Advancing the Art of Simulation in the Social Sciences - Robert Axelrod Multi-Agent Systems and Role Games: Collective learning processes for ecosystem management - Francois Bousquet, O. Barreteau, P. D'Aquino, M. Etienne, S. Boissau, S. Aubert, et al. Agent-Based Modeling vs. Equation-Based Modeling: A case study and users' guide - H. Van Dyke Parunak, Robert Savit and Rick L. Riolo How to Build and Use Agent-Based Models in Social Science - Nigel Gilbert and P. Terna A Standard Protocol for Describing Individual-Based and Agent-Based Models - Volker Grimm, Uta Berger, Finn Bastiansen, Sigrunn Eliassen, et al. Cellular Automata in the Social Sciences: Perspectives, restrictions and artifacts - R. Hegselmann Agent-Based Simulation Platforms: Review and development recommendations - Steven F. Railsback, Steven L. Lytinen and Stephen K. Jackson A Common Protocol for Agent-Based Social Simulation - Metteo Richiardi, Roberto Leombruni, Nicole Saam and Michele Sonnessa Validation Aligning Simulation Models: A case study and results - Robert L. Axtell, Robert Axelrod, Joshua M. Epstein and Michael D. Cohen Validation, Verification, and Testing Techniques throughout the Life Cycle of a Simulation Study - Osman Balci Sociology and Simulation: Statistical and qualitative cross-validation - Scott Moss and Bruce Edmonds