Social Simulation For A Digital Society: Applications And Innovations In Computational Social Science

Front Matter ....Pages i-viii
 Social Simulation for a Digital Society: Introduction  (Diane Payne, Johan A. Elkink, Thomas U. Grund)....Pages 1-4
Front Matter ....Pages 5-5
 Ontological Politics in a World of Political Ontologies: More Realistic (Human) Agents for the Anthropocene?  (Lia ní Aodha)....Pages 7-20
 The Art of Iterating: Update-Strategies in Agent-Based Simulation  (Jonathan Thaler, Peer-Olaf Siebers)....Pages 21-36
 Using Parallel Computing to Improve the Scalability of Models with BDI Agents  (Patrick Taillandier, Mathieu Bourgais, Alexis Drogoul, Laurent Vercouter)....Pages 37-47
Front Matter ....Pages 49-49
 Information Diffusion as a Mechanism for Natural Evolution of Social Networks  (Kyle Bahr, Masami Nakagawa)....Pages 51-66
 Remarks on the Convergence of Opinion Formation in the Presence of Self-Interest and Conformity  (Emiliano Alvarez, Juan Gabriel Brida)....Pages 67-75
 Inequality: Driver or Inhibitor of Collective Action?  (Christopher K. Frantz, Amineh Ghorbani)....Pages 77-89
 The Venezuelan System of Potato Production: A Simulation Model to Understand Roots of Deficiencies  (Oswaldo Terán, Christophe Sibertin-Blanc, Ravi Rojas, Liccia Romero)....Pages 91-108
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 Governance of Transitions. A Simulation Experiment on Urban Transportation  (Johannes Weyer, Fabian Adelt, Sebastian Hoffmann)....Pages 111-120
 Evaluating the Impact of an Integrated Urban Design of Transport Infrastructure and Public Space on Human Behavior and Environmental Quality: A Case Study in Beijing  (Liu Yang, Koen H. van Dam, Bani Anvari, Audrey de Nazelle)....Pages 121-133
 Prescription for Urban Sprawl. Street Activeness Changes the City  (Hideyuki Nagai, Setsuya Kurahashi)....Pages 135-149
 The Greater Dublin Region, Ireland: Experiences in Applying Urban Modelling in Regional Planning and Engaging Between Scientists and Stakeholders  (Laura O. Petrov, Brendan Williams, Harutyun Shahumyan)....Pages 151-165
 Synthesising the Geography of Opportunity in Rural Irish Primary Schools  (Gillian Golden)....Pages 167-188
 Modelling Collaborative Knowledge Creation Processes: An Empirical Application to the Semiconductor Industry  (Martina Neuländtner, Manfred Paier, Astrid Unger)....Pages 189-209
Back Matter ....Pages 211-218