Social Simulation for a Digital Society: Applications and Innovations in Computational Social Science - Softcover

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Social Simulation for a Digital Society: Introduction

Philosophical and technical considerations

Chapter 2: Ontological Politics in a World of Political Ontologies: More Realistic (Human) Agents for the Anthropocene?

Chapter 3: The Art of Iterating: Update-Strategies in Agent-Based Simulation

Chapter 4: Using Parallel Computing to Improve the Scalability of Models with BDI Agents

Applications to norm diffusion and collective action

Chapter 5: Information Diffusion as a Mechanism for Natural Evolution of Social Networks

Chapter 6: Remarks on the Convergence of Opinion Formation in the Presence of Self-interest and Conformity

Chapter 7: Inequality: Driver or Inhibitor of Collective Action?

Chapter 8: The Venezuelan System of Potato Production: A Simulation Model to Understand Roots of Deficiencies

Applications in geography and urban development

Chapter 9: Governance of Transitions: A Simulation Experiment on Urban Transportation

Chapter 10: Evaluating the Impact of an Integrated Urban Design of Transport Infrastructure and Public Space on Human Behavior and Environmental Quality: A Case Study in Beijing

Chapter 11: Prescription for Urban Sprawl: Street Activeness Changes the City

Chapter 12: The Greater Dublin Region, Ireland:  Experiences in Applying Urban Modelling in Regional Planning and Engaging between Scientists and Stakeholders

Chapter 13: Synthesising the Geography of Opportunity in Rural Irish Primary Schools

Chapter 14: Modelling Collaborative Knowledge Creation Processes: An Empirical Application to the Semiconductor Industry

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