Computer Simulation in Human Population Studies
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- Synopsis
- Computer Simulation in Human Population Studies contains the proceedings of a conference held at Pennsylvania State University on June 12-14, 1972, under the sponsorship of the Social Science Research Council. The conference provided a forum for discussing the application of computer simulation techniques to human population studies and organized topics around four themes: anthropology and social systems; genetics and adaptive systems; demography; and simulation methodology. Comprised of 23 chapters, this volume begins with an analysis of two tests of computer microsimulation: the effect of an incest taboo on population viability, and the effect of age differences between spouses on the skewing of their consanguineal relationships. The reader is then introduced to computer simulation of incest prohibition and clan proscription rules in closed, finite population; an empirical perspective on simulation models of human population; and models applicable to geographic variation in humans. Subsequent chapters deal with the role of co-adapted sets in the process of adaptation; simulation of human reproduction; and the mathematics of population simulation models.This book will be of interest to anthropologists, geneticists, biologists, computer scientists, mathematicians, and social scientists.
- Copyright:
- 1974
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 540 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781483264554
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780127851853
- Publisher:
- Elsevier Science
- Date of Addition:
- 07/18/21
- Copyrighted By:
- Elsevier Science & Technology
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Social Studies, Sociology
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Edited by:
- Bennett Dyke
- Edited by:
- Jean Walters MacCluer
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