New Frontiers in the Study of Social Phenomena: Cognition, Complexity, Adaptation

by Federico Cecconi (Editor)

Overview

This book studies social phenomena in a new way, by making judicious use of computer technology. The book addresses the entire spectrum of classic studies in social science, from experiments to the computational models, with a multidisciplinary approach. The book is suitable for those who want to get a picture of what it means to do social research today, and also to get an indication of the major open issues. The book is connected to a database of code for simulations, experimental data and allows to activate a subscription to a teaching tool using NetLogo, a programming language widely used in the social studies. The authors are researchers with first-hand experience research projects, both basic and applied. The work will be useful for those who want to understand more of the social, economic and political phenomena via computer applications.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783319239361
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Publication date:	03/23/2016
Edition description:	1st ed. 2016
Pages:	206
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

For a Computational Social and Behavioral Science.- Part I: New Theories.- Cognitively Rich Architectures for Agent-based Models of Social Behaviors and Dynamics: A Multi-scale Perspective.- Reciprocity, Punishment, Institutions: The Streets to Social Collaboration.- The Effect of Legal and Social Norms in Countering Extortion Racket Systems.- Experimental Economycs and Tax Evasion.- Exploring Reputation-based Cooperation.- Part II: New Applications.- A Novel Interdisciplinary Approach to Socio-Technical Complexity: Sociologically-driven, Computable Methods for Sport Spectator Crowds’ Semi-supervised Analysis.- Trends in Social Science: The Impact of Computational and Simulative Models.- On the Quality of Collective Decisions in Sociotechnical Systems: Transparency, Fairness and Efficiency.- How Crime Spreads Through Imitation in Social Networks: A Simulation Model.- NewsMarket 2.0: Analysis of News for Sk Price Forecasting.