1. El lugar de la simulación social en arqueología.
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Angourakis, Andreas
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MATHEMATICAL forms , *DIGITAL humanities , *MATHEMATICAL models , *ARCHAEOLOGY , *DIGITAL technology , *SIMULATION methods & models - Abstract
This article presents an epistemological review of social simulation in archaeology, delimiting it as a practice, method and branch thereof. As a practice, social simulation is positioned amongst other intensive applications of digital technologies to the humanities and social sciences. As a method, we define it as a form of mathematical modelling that contains mechanisms, especially social ones, and which thus demands numerical solutions. We briefly present the characteristics of social simulation, including the central role of agent-based modelling. Finally, we contextualize the place of social simulation within archaeology, offering a brief review of applied examples. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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