Simulating societies
Subtitle: the computer simulation of social phenomena
By: edited by Nigel Gilbert & Jim Doran.
Contributors: Gilbert, G. Nigel.; Doran, Jim.
Publisher: UCL Press; Univ Coll Londo
Published: 1994
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 306
Subjects: Social sciences -- Simulation methods -- Congresses.; Social sciences -- Methodology -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Description: This text explains how simulation models can be created using recently developed artificial intelligence techniques and takes the reader through the methodology of testing and experiment. Shows how the formation of social theory can be aided by simulation.
Notes: Chiefly revisions of papers first given at a symposium in Apr., 1992, at the University of Surrey, Guildford, England.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-300) and index.