Introduction to Computational Social Science : Principles and Applications

Cioffi-Revilla, Claudio

ISBN 10: 3319843249 / ISBN 13: 9783319843247

Published by Springer, 2018

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Introduction to Computational Social Science : Principles and Applications
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3319843249
• ISBN 13: 9783319843247
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This textbook provides a comprehensive and reader-friendly introduction to the field of computational social science (CSS). Presenting a unified treatment, the text examines in detail the four key methodological approaches of automated social information extraction, social network analysis, social complexity theory, and social simulation modeling. This updated new edition has been enhanced with numerous review questions and exercises to test what has been learned, deepen understanding through problem-solving, and to practice writing code to implement ideas. Topics and features: contains more than a thousand questions and exercises, together with a list of acronyms and a glossary; examines the similarities and differences between computers and social systems; presents a focus on automated information extraction; discusses the measurement, scientific laws, and generative theories of social complexity in CSS; reviews the methodology of social simulations, covering both variable- and object-oriented models.

About the Author

Dr. Claudio Cioffi-Revilla is Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, founding and former chair of the Department of Computational Social Science, and founding and former director of the Center for Social Complexity at George Mason University, VA, USA.