An Interpretive Account to Agent-based Social Simulation: Using Criminology to Explore Cultural Possibilities

This edited volume presents an innovative approach to agent-based simulation by combining qualitative data and methods with interpretive agent-based social simulation to understand human behavior and social change. It unites experts in the field to connect ABM to narrative theories, providing a novel tool for cultural studies.

Format: Hardback
Length: 210 pages
Publication date: 11 September 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This edited volume presents a novel approach to agent-based simulation, utilizing the investigation of criminal culture as an example application. Interpretive agent-based social simulation is presented as a methodological and transdisciplinary approach to examining the potential of qualitative data and methods for agent-based modeling (ABM). The book features updated articles as well as original chapters that provide a cohesive and novel approach to the digital humanities. It challenges the common belief that hermeneutics and simulation are two mutually exclusive ways to understand and explain human behavior and social change. By exploring how methodology benefits from taking cultural complexities into account and combining these methods in an innovative combination of qualitative-hermeneutic and digital techniques, the book unites experts in the field to connect ABM to narrative theories, thus providing a novel tool for cultural studies.

A significant methodological contribution to narrative theory, this volume will be of primary benefit to researchers, scholars, and academics in the fields of ABM, hermeneutics, and criminology. It will also appeal to those working in policing, security, and forensic consultation.

Weight: 562g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032489704