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Dynamics in human and primate societies : agent-based modeling of social and spatial processes / editors, Timothy A. Kohler, George J. Gumerman.

Contributor(s): Kohler, Timothy A. (Timothy Alan), 1949- | Gumerman, George JMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Proceedings volume in the Santa Fe Institute studies in the sciences of complexityPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 2000. Description: xiii, 398 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN: 0195131673 (alk. paper); 0195131681 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Social history -- To 500 -- Mathematical models | Social evolution -- Mathematical models | Social evolution -- Computer simulation | Social history -- To 500 -- Computer simulation | Animal societies -- Mathematical models | Animal societies -- Computer simulation | Social behavior in animals -- Mathematical models | Social behavior in animals -- Computer simulation | Social history -- To 500 -- Mathematical modelsDDC classification: 303.4/01/13 LOC classification: GN360 | .D89 2000
Contents:
Nonlinear and synthetic models for primate societies / Irenaeus J.A. te Boekhorst and Charlotte K. Hemelrijk -- The evolution of cooperation in an ecological context : an agent-based model / John W. Pepper and Barbara B. Smuts -- Evolution of inference / Brian Skyrms -- Trajectories to complexity in artificial societies : rationality, belief, and emotions / Jim E. Doran -- MAGICAL computer simulation of Mesolithic foraging / Mark Winter Lake -- Be there then : a modeling approach to settlement determinants and spatial efficiency among late ancestral pueblo populations of the Mesa Verde region, U.S. Southwest / Timothy A. Kohler, James Kresl, Carla Van West, Eric Carr, and Richard H. Wilshusen.
Undestanding Anasazi culture change through agent-based modeling / Jeffrey S. Dean, George J. Gumerman, Joshua M. Epstein, Robert L. Axtell, Alan C. Swedlund, Miles T. Parker, and Steven McCarroll -- Anti-chaos, common property, and the emergence of cooperation / J. Stephen Lansing -- The political impact of marriage in a virtual Polynesian society / Cathy A. Small -- The impact of raiding on settlement patterns in the Northern Valley of Oaxaca : an approach using decision trees / Robert G. Reynolds -- The fractal house of pharaoh : Ancient Egypt as a complex adaptive system, a trial formulation / Mark Lehner -- Modeling society : the view from Europe / Nigel Gilbert -- Agent-based modeling of small-scale societies : state of the art and future prospects / Henry T. Wright.
Review: "Dynamics in Human and Primate Societies presents agent-based modeling studies from archaeologists, ethnologists, sociologists, philosophers, and primatologists that examine these social and spatial dynamics without ignoring their complexity or compromising replicability.Summary: With an emphasis on small-scale societies in an effort to maximize realism in the modeling efforts applied to social evolution, this volume is an important step toward an actor-oriented, cross-disciplinary approach to understanding human behavior over time."Summary: "Presenting recent advances in software and algorithms for modeling societies, Dynamics in Human and Primate Societies is an ideal book for professionals in archaeology and cultural anthropology as well as a valuable tool for those studying primatology and computer science."--Jacket.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nonlinear and synthetic models for primate societies / Irenaeus J.A. te Boekhorst and Charlotte K. Hemelrijk -- The evolution of cooperation in an ecological context : an agent-based model / John W. Pepper and Barbara B. Smuts -- Evolution of inference / Brian Skyrms -- Trajectories to complexity in artificial societies : rationality, belief, and emotions / Jim E. Doran -- MAGICAL computer simulation of Mesolithic foraging / Mark Winter Lake -- Be there then : a modeling approach to settlement determinants and spatial efficiency among late ancestral pueblo populations of the Mesa Verde region, U.S. Southwest / Timothy A. Kohler, James Kresl, Carla Van West, Eric Carr, and Richard H. Wilshusen.

Undestanding Anasazi culture change through agent-based modeling / Jeffrey S. Dean, George J. Gumerman, Joshua M. Epstein, Robert L. Axtell, Alan C. Swedlund, Miles T. Parker, and Steven McCarroll -- Anti-chaos, common property, and the emergence of cooperation / J. Stephen Lansing -- The political impact of marriage in a virtual Polynesian society / Cathy A. Small -- The impact of raiding on settlement patterns in the Northern Valley of Oaxaca : an approach using decision trees / Robert G. Reynolds -- The fractal house of pharaoh : Ancient Egypt as a complex adaptive system, a trial formulation / Mark Lehner -- Modeling society : the view from Europe / Nigel Gilbert -- Agent-based modeling of small-scale societies : state of the art and future prospects / Henry T. Wright.

"Dynamics in Human and Primate Societies presents agent-based modeling studies from archaeologists, ethnologists, sociologists, philosophers, and primatologists that examine these social and spatial dynamics without ignoring their complexity or compromising replicability.

With an emphasis on small-scale societies in an effort to maximize realism in the modeling efforts applied to social evolution, this volume is an important step toward an actor-oriented, cross-disciplinary approach to understanding human behavior over time."

"Presenting recent advances in software and algorithms for modeling societies, Dynamics in Human and Primate Societies is an ideal book for professionals in archaeology and cultural anthropology as well as a valuable tool for those studying primatology and computer science."--Jacket.