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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
State Univ of New York Pr
Publication date
June 1, 2015
Pages
276
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781438456614
ISBN-10
1438456611
Dimensions
0.75 by 6 by 9 in.
Weight
1.15 lbs.
Original list price
$95.00
Other format details
university press
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: In this era of globalization, people organize into fluid, adaptive networks to solve complex problems and provide resources that nation-states cannot. Examples include the Grameen Bank, mHealth, and the Ushahidi open source software project. Why do these networks succeed where nation-states fail? Only recently have social scientists developed tools to understand exactly how these complex networks self-organize, emerge, adapt, and solve collective problems. Three of these tools--agent-based modeling, social network analysis, and evolutionary computing--are converging in a field known as computational social science. In this provocative book, David C. Earnest discusses how computational social science helps us understand "massively parallel globalization." Using "explorations" of global systems ranging from fisheries to banking, Earnest illustrates the promise of computer models for explaining the surprises, cascades, and complexity that characterize global politics today. These examples of massively parallel globalization contrast sharply with the hierarchical and inflexible governmental bureaucracies that are poorly suited to solve many of today's transnational and global challenges.
Editions
Hardcover
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from State Univ of New York Pr (June 1, 2015)
9781438456614 | details & prices | 276 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.75 in. | 1.15 lbs | List price $95.00
About: In this era of globalization, people organize into fluid, adaptive networks to solve complex problems and provide resources that nation-states cannot.
About: In this era of globalization, people organize into fluid, adaptive networks to solve complex problems and provide resources that nation-states cannot.
Paperback
Reprint edition from State Univ of New York Pr (January 2, 2016)
9781438456607 | details & prices | 276 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $25.95
About: Explores how individuals and groups adapt to the challenges of globalization.
About: Explores how individuals and groups adapt to the challenges of globalization.
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