Artificial societies:multiagent systems and the micro-macro link in sociological theory  

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Sawyer, R. Keith

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Sociological Methods & Research (SMR) vol. 31 no. 03 (Feb. 2003), page 325-363.
Topik: Societies; sociological theory; Artificial societies; social causation
Fulltext: Sawyer-325-63 - Bernard.pdf (172.33KB)

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This article introduces a general sociological readership 10 multi agent systems (MAS). a new computer simulation technology that has increasingly been used to describe and explain sociological phenomena. The author uses the term artificial societies 10 refer 10 social simulation using MAS and he describes MAS technology and contrast it with other social. simulation technologies. The author argues that MAS have attained a level of maturity where they can be useful tools for sociologists and he shows how MAS provide new perspectives on contemporary discussions of the micro-macro link in sociological theory by focusing on three aspects of the micro-macro link: micro-to-macro emergence. macro-to-micro social causation. and the dialectic between emergence and social causation.

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