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Simulating Societies

Posted by michael on from the playing-by-the-rules dept.

blamanj writes "Most of us were exposed fairly early to Conway's game of Life. A few simple rules produce a fascinating variety of behavior. Now, it appears that similar simulations can predict the behavior of populations and human societies."

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  1. Worked with these guys in college by XDG · · Score: 4, Informative
    I worked with Epstein and Axtell in college. The author's description of them is spot on, and they are both fantastic people.

    If you found this article interesting, their book is a great exposition of their early work with emergent behaviors. You can find it at Amazon here:

    Growing Artificial Societies

    There is a similar article on complexity and emergent behavior in the latest Harvard Business Review.

    -XDG