The Complexity of Cooperation: Agent-Based Models of Competition and Collaboration

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What are the practical implications?

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The provided passages do not directly address the "practical implications" of the concepts discussed in "The Complexity of Cooperation: Agent-Based Models of Competition and Collaboration."

However, the passages do indicate that the book collects seven essays that study various issues such as how to cope with errors in perception or implementation, how norms emerge, and how new political actors and regions of shared culture can develop [2]. It also mentions that the book is written in an accessible style and serves as an introductory text on complexity theory and computer modeling in the social sciences [1]. The book is considered essential reading for social scientists interested in issues of cooperation and complexity [2].

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Title: Complexity of Cooperation : Agent-Based Models of Competition and Collaboration, the by Robert Axelrod --- Google Books --- Title: The Complexity of Cooperation by Robert Axelrod Description: 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…
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paradigm of the Prisoner's Dilemma to study a rich set of issues, including how to cope with errors in perception or implementation, how norms emerge, and how new political actors and regions of shared culture can develop. They use the shared methodology of agent-based modeling, a powerful technique that specifies the rules of interaction between individuals and uses computer simulation to discover emergent properties of the social system. The Complexity of Cooperation is essential reading for all social scientists who are interested in issues of cooperation and complexity. Categories:…
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