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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Claudio Cioffi-RevillaPublisher: Springer International Publishing AG Imprint: Springer International Publishing AG Edition: 2nd ed. 2017 Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 1.419kg ISBN: 9783319501307ISBN 10: 3319501305 Pages: 607 Publication Date: 10 July 2017 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Computation and Social Science.- Automated Information Extraction.- Social Networks.- Social Complexity I: Origins and Measurement.- Social Complexity II: Laws.- Social Complexity III: Theories.- Simulations I: Methodology.- Simulations II: Variable-Oriented Models.- Simulations III: Object-Oriented Models.ReviewsThis book is organized in a rigorous manner: each chapter includes an introductory abstract, a short chronology of the main achievements related to the chapter's topic, well-balanced formalized-intuitive knowledge content, a significant number of questions ... and finally a list of future readings. ... I think Claudio Cioffi-Revilla's work hits its assumed target: to be an affordable textbook for students and, at the same time, a useful support manual for instructors interested in learning or teaching computational social science. (Valentin V. Inceu, Computing Reviews, February, 2019) Author InformationDr. Claudio Cioffi-Revilla is University Professor and Professor of Computational Social Science, founding and former Chair of the Department of Computational Social Science, and founding and current Director of the Center for Social Complexity at George Mason University, VA, USA. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |