Complex Systems in the Social and Behavioral Sciences

Theory, Method and Application
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-0-472-07488-4
Verlag: University of Michigan Press

Buch, Englisch, 448 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Complexity Systems in the Social and Behavioral Sciences provides a sophisticated yet accessible account of complexity science or complex systems research. Phenomena in the behavioral, social and hard sciences all exhibit certain important similarities consistent with complex systems. These include the concept of emergence, sensitivity to initial conditions, and interactions between agents in a system that yield unanticipated, nonlinear outcomes. The authors range from the implications for artificial intelligence and computing to questions about how to model complex systems through agent-based modeling, to complex phenomena exhibited in international relations, and in organizational behavior. This volume will be an invaluable addition for both the general reader and the specialist, and offer new insights into this fascinating area of research.

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Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Über Autor(innen)

Euel Elliott is Professor of Public Policy and Political Economy, and Political Science at University of Texas at Dallas.L. Douglas Kiel is Professor of Public and Nonprofit Management at University of Texas at Dallas.