{"product_id":"9789811625763","title":"Catastrophes and Unexpected Behavior Patterns in Complex Artificial Populations","description":"A major objective of this monograph is to present an agent-based simulation of artificial populations. The focus is on possible unexpected or catastrophic events that may spontaneously appear in simulations. A short recall of the tenets of the theory of catastrophes is given. Several examples of artificial society simulations are provided as the main topic of the book. With agent-based modeling, possible catastrophes and unexpected events in artificial populations are simulated. The book presents a new modeling and simulation tool, applied to social system simulation. The models are coded in the object- and agent-oriented language Bluesss (Blues Simulation System), related to the C++ language. The program code consists of a series of generic declarations of processes. Each of them includes a number of events that are coded in C++. At the runtime, a population of objects is generated. All the objects (agents) start to execute their own events, and interact with one another. During the simulations it is possible to observe the macro-behavior of the population, where some unexpected or \"catastrophic\" events occur. The examples include a sk market crash, catastrophes in extended prey–predator systems, growing organisms and cancer, epidemics, social inequality and economic decay, mass-service systems, and more. Remarks on possible simultaneous events are also included.   \u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Singapore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46425343328497,"sku":"9789811625763","price":119.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9789811625763_p0.jpg?v=1765032187","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9789811625763","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}