Social dynamics from the bottom up: Agent-based models of social interaction

The Oxford Handbook of Analytical Sociology

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 245-268

  Macy, Michael ^a   Flache, Andreas ^b  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agent based computational modeling; Agents; Computer simulation; Game theory; Methodological individualism; Social dynamics; Social interaction; Social life; Social order; System dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 85061121288     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199215362.013.11     Document Type: Chapter

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