1. Evolving New Strategies -- 2. Coping with Noise -- 3. Promoting Norms -- 4. Choosing Sides -- 5. Setting Standards -- 6. Building New Political Actors -- 7. Disseminating Culture -- App. A. Replication of Agent-Based Models -- App. B. Resources for Agent-Based Modeling
Summary
Robert Axelrod is widely known for his groundbreaking work in game theory and complexity theory. He is a leader in applying computer modeling to social science problems. His book The Evolution of Cooperation has been hailed as a seminal contribution and has been translated into eight languages since its initial publication. The Complexity of Cooperation is a sequel to that landmark book. It collects seven essays, originally published in a broad range of journals, and adds an extensive new introduction to the collection, along with new prefaces to each essay and a useful new appendix of additio
