An Interpretive Account to Agent-based Social Simulation by M... - 9781032493237

An Interpretive Account to Agent-based Social SimulationUsing Criminology to Explore Cultural Possibilities\nAuthor(s): Martin Neumann\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032493237, 978-1032493237\nSynopsis\nUsing the investigation of criminal culture as an example application, this edited volume presents a novel approach to agent-based simulation: interpretive agent-based social simulation as a methodological and transdisciplinary approach to examining the potential of qualitative data and methods for agent-based modelling (ABM).\n\nFeaturing updated articles as well as original chapters which provide a cohesive and novel approach to the digital humanities, the book challenges the common conviction that hermeneutics and simulation are two mutually exclusive ways to understand and explain human behaviour and social change. Exploring how methodology benefits from taking cultural complexities into account and bringin.