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Social Self-Organization
Dirk . Ed(S): Helbing
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Description for Social Self-Organization
Hardback. What are the principles that keep our society together? By examining simple models of social interaction, this volume addresses this question, offering surprising insights into the social, "macro-level" outcomes and dynamics implied by individual, "micro-level" interactions. Editor(s): Helbing, Dirk. Series: Understanding Complex Systems. Num Pages: 352 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFP; JHBC; PBWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 662.
What are the principles that keep our society together? This question is even more difficult to answer than the long-standing question, what are the forces that keep our world together. However, the social challenges of humanity in the 21st century ranging from the financial crises to the impacts of globalization, require us to make fast progress in our understanding of how society works, and how our future can be managed in a resilient and sustainable way. This book can present only a few very first steps towards this ambitious goal. However, based on simple models of social interactions, one can ... Read more
What are the principles that keep our society together? This question is even more difficult to answer than the long-standing question, what are the forces that keep our world together. However, the social challenges of humanity in the 21st century ranging from the financial crises to the impacts of globalization, require us to make fast progress in our understanding of how society works, and how our future can be managed in a resilient and sustainable way. This book can present only a few very first steps towards this ambitious goal. However, based on simple models of social interactions, one can ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Series
Understanding Complex Systems
Number of Pages
341
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642240034
SKU
V9783642240034
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Ref
99-15
About Dirk . Ed(S): Helbing
Dirk Helbing, ETH Zürich Chair of Sociology Dept., Theoretical physicist, Worldwide leading scientist in computational social sciences and econophysics/complexity research.
Reviews for Social Self-Organization
From the reviews: “This volume is a collection of models whose aim is not only to better explain a variety of phenomena in the social, cultural and economic realms using agent-based models, but also to manage these complex phenomena. … I recommend this as an important addition to the growing work on both the theoretical and practical world of ... Read more