id
	13241
Url
	https://chloe.cnr.it/s/BiDiAr/item/13241
Resource template
	Book
Resource class
	bibo:Book
Title
	Agent-based Modeling and Simulation in Archaeology
Publisher
	Springer
Date
	2014
Language
	eng
Abstract
	Archaeology has been historically reluctant to embrace the subject of agent-based simulation, since it was seen as being used to "re-enact" and "visualize" possible scenarios for a wider (generally non-scientific) audience, based on scarce and fuzzy data. Furthermore, modeling "in exact terms" and programming as a means for producing agent-based simulations were simply beyond the field of the social sciences. This situation has changed quite drastically with the advent of the internet age: Data, it seems, is now ubiquitous. Researchers have switched from simply collecting data to filtering, selecting and deriving insights in a cybernetic manner. Agent-based simulation is one of the tools used to glean information from highly complex excavation sites according to formalized models, capturing essential properties in a highly abstract and yet spatial manner. As such, the goal of this book is to present an overview of techniques used and work conducted in that field, drawing on the experience of practitioners.
Spatial Coverage
	Cham
Editor
	Wurzer, Gabriel
	Kowarik, Kerstin
	Reschreiter, Hans
Isbn
	978-3-319-00007-7
Number of pages
	283
Homepage
	https://www.zotero.org/groups/5293298/bidiar/items/JNTX2IHM/item-list

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