Inc. Champaign, Il. This book should whet your appetite for a deeper look at simulation models in the social sciences. You really never do know what you might get. That's the wonder of computational modeling. You define the world, then sit back and watch it evolve.
Computer simulations are extremely useful in the social sciences.
It provides a laboratory in which qualitative ideas about social and economic interactions can be tested. This brings a new dimension to the social sciences where 'explanations' abound, but are rarely subject to much experimental testing. Mathematica is used as the programming language for implementing these models as computer simulations. The authors have chosen this language because it has a number of features which make it uniquely qualified to be used by social scientists, especially those without expertise in computer programming. Mathematica 2.0 or higher is recommended to fully utilize the contents.