Agent-Based Models : Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences - Nigel Gilbert

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Agent-Based Models

By: Nigel Gilbert

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Paperback | 7 May 2020 | Edition Number 2

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This second edition introduces the technique of agent-based modeling; considers a range of methodological and theoretical issues; shows how to design an agent-based model, with a simple example; offers some practical advice about developing, verifying and validating agent-based models; and finally discusses how to plan an agent-based modelling project, publish the results and apply agent-based modeling to formulate and evaluate social and economic policies. An accompanying simulation using NetLogo and commentary on the program can be downloaded on the book's website: https://study.sagepub.com/researchmethods/qass/gilbert-agent-based-models-2e.

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The new edition of Agent-Based Models provides the same strong conceptual overview as the first edition, with significant updates and elaborations to reflect ten years of growth in this important approach to modeling. -- Sally Jackson * review * Nigel Gilbert is one of the fathers of agent-based modeling and in this book provides a great introduction into the field. -- Garry Sotnik * Review * A great introduction for social scientists who want to know about agent-based modeling. It offers readers guidelines on how to build such models and what to consider when designing and testing them. -- Andrew Crooks * Review * If you are planning to motivate and introduce the field of agent-based modeling to social scientists who have little or no prior knowledge of the topic, then this is your book. -- James Nolan * Review *

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