Growing Artificial Societies (Hardcover)

How do social structures and group behaviors arise from the interaction of individuals? Growing Artificial Societies approaches this question with cutting-edge computer simulation techniques. Fundamental collective behaviors such as group formation, cultural transmission, combat, and trade are seen to emerge from the interaction of individual agents following a few simple rules...In their program, named Sugarscape, Epstein and Axtell begin the development of a bottom up social science that is capturing the attention of researchers and commentators alike. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.