Computational Modeling

Informationen zum Autor Professor of the department of political science Klappentext Computational modelling allows researchers to combine the rich detail of qualitative research with the rigour of quantitative and formal research, as well as to represent complex structures and processes within a theoretical model. After an introduction to modelling, the authors discuss the role of computational methods in the social sciences. They treat computational methods, including dynamic simulation, knowledge-based models and machine learning, as a single broad class of research tools and develop a framework for incorporating them within established traditions of social science research. They provide a concise description of each method and a variety of social science illustrations, including four detailed examples. Common to most of these methods is a straightforward underlying approach: develop a process theory, express this theory as a computer program, and simulate the theory by running the program. The book concludes with a discussion of ways to validate computational models. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Dynamic Simulation Models Knowledge-Based Systems Models of Machine Learning Evaluating Computational Models

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• Authors: Charles S. Taber, Charles S. Timpone Taber, TABER CHARLES S TIMPONE RICHARD, Taber Charles S., Richard J. Timpone, Richard John Timpone, Timpone Richard John
• Assisted by: Richard John Timpone (Editor)
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.05.1996
• EAN: 9780803972704
• ISBN: 978-0-8039-7270-4
• No. of pages: 104
• Series: Quantitative Applications in t; Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences; Quantitative Applications in t
• Subjects: Guides; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > IT; COMPUTERS / Cybernetics, Cybernetics & systems theory, 3D graphics & modelling, COMPUTERS / Design, Graphics & Media / Graphics Tools, Cybernetics and systems theory, 3D graphics and modelling