Table of Contents

1 Holism, Individualism and Emergent Properties. An Approach from the Perspective of Simulation.- 2 Simulation and rational practice.- 3 Epistemic Cultures in the Social Sciences. The Modelling Dilemma Dissolved.- 4 Impossible Models.- 5 The World as a Process. Simulations in the Natural and Social Sciences.- 6 Evolutionary Explanations from a Philosophy of Science Point of View.- 7 Some Thoughts on the Methodological Status of the Darmstadt Micro Macro Simulator (DMMS).- 8 On the Measurement of Action.- 9 Structuralist Models, Idealization, and Approximation.- 10 A Concept of Explanation for Social Interaction Models.- 11 Simulation and Structuralism.- 12 Cellular Automata in the Social Sciences. Perspectives, Restrictions, and Artefacts.- 13 Computer simulations of sustainable cooperation in social dilemmas.- 14 Modeling social change with cellular automata.- 15 Dynamic Social Impact. Robust Predictions from Simple Theory.

Reviews

`Overall, this is an excellent collection of articles that cover a wide spectrum from the social and natural sciences. It would make a nice companion piece to Chaos Theory in the Social Sciences by Kiel and Elliott. ... There is a rich diversity in approach, subject matter and expertise. ...Hegselmann, Mueller and Troitzsch have put together an extraordinary book that I highly recommend.'
Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation (2001)