new book announcment
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg12823] new book announcment
- From: gaylord at ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (richard j. gaylord)
- Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 04:05:51 -0400
- Organization: university of illinois
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
sorry for the commercialism but i thought there might be some interest in the this announcement: on June 10, the following book was published. "SIMULATING SOCIETY: A Mathematica Toolkit for Modeling Socioeconomic Behavior" by Richard J. Gaylord and Louis J. D'Andria $39.95 paperback ISBN 0-387-98532-8 TELOS/Springer-Verlag Publisher (1-800-SPRINGER) the book's table of contents is given at the end of this message. note: i will be giving a presentation on the material in the book at the Mathematica Conference in Chicago on Thursday June 18 11:00 am- 12:00 pm. The book will be available at the Conference at the Springer-Verlag booth or can be ordered directly from the publisher (1-800-SPRINGER) [note: the order department may tell you the book is due out on july 31 but it is in fact, already available]. i'll let you know when the authors are going to be on the oprah winfrey show to discuss the book [or maybe the jerry springer show]. -richard- Contents Foreword by Scott E. Page xi What This Book Is About xv Introduction Chapter 1: Modeling a Society of Mobile Heterogeneous Individuals 3 1.1 Introduction 3 1.2 Milling About 4 1.3 Computer Simulation Projects 15 1.4 References 16 1.5 Programs in the Chapter 17 Cultural Exchange Chapter 2: Transmitting Culture 21 2.1 Introduction 21 2.2 The More Alike We Are, the More Alike We Become 21 2.3 The Closer We Agree, the Closer Our Agreement Becomes 31 2.4 Social Status and Role Models 35 2.5 Computer Simulation Projects 39 2.6 References 41 2.7 Programs in the Chapter 42 Socioeconomic Transactions Chapter 3: Deciding Whether to Interact 49 3.1 Introduction 49 3.2 Fool Me Once, Shame on You; Fool Me Twice, Shame on Me 51 3.3 I Heard It Through the Grapevine 57 3.4 Signals 61 3.5 Computer Simulation Projects 67 3.6 References 70 3.7 Programs in the Chapter 71 Chapter 4: Choosing How to Behave 77 4.1 Introduction 77 4.2 Choosing One's Interaction Behavior with Another Individual Based on the Behavioral History of the Other Individual 78 4.3 Aspirations 85 4.4 Computer Simulation Projects 91 4.5 References 98 4.6 Programs in the Chapter 99 Group Interactions Chapter 5: Grouping and Conforming 105 5.1 Introduction 105 5.2 Forming Neighborhoods 105 5.3 Conforming 112 5.4 Social Norms, Fads, and Fashions 117 5.5 Computer Simulation Projects 117 5.6 References 122 5.7 Programs in the Chapter 123 Nonlocality Chapter 6: Social Networking and Moving to Far-Flung Locations 129 6.1 Introduction 129 6.2 Reach Out and Touch Someone 130 6.3 Follow the Leader 135 6.4 Nonlocal Movement 139 6.5 Computer Simulation Projects 145 6.6 References 145 6.7 Programs in the Chapter 146 Appendices Appendix A: How Mathematica Works 151 A.1 Expressions 151 A.2 Patterns 153 A.3 Functions 159 A.4 Evaluation 166 Appendix B: List and Matrix Essentials 169 B.1 List Manipulation 169 B.2 Matrix Manipulation 174 B.3 Higher Order Functions 182 Appendix C: Graphics and Efficiency 191 C.1 Graphics 191 C.2 Animations and Front End Programming 201 C.3 Simulations in Limited Memory 203 C.4 Programs in the Appendix 209 Index 215 -- "The choice may be in the individual but the power is in the social group" - W.G. Runciman