Modelling Human Behaviour in Landscapes

Basic Concepts and Modelling Elements

Oliver Nakoinz, Daniel Knitter (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

XIX, 255 Seiten

2018 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
9783319805931 (ISBN)

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This volume is designed as a 12-lecture textbook, which can serve as a course companion, self teaching guide and handbook for basic concepts. Each lecture comprises 20 pages, in which the methods are introduced, examples shown and the code is given. All examples are computed with open source software, mainly R, and with archaeological data available from the book's website.
The book does not describe elaborated high-end models but rather very basic modelling concepts that serve as components in more complex models. The book enables the reader to construct such models by themselves and be sensitive for certain problems. In addition it gives hints for the interpretation of the results.
Students are usually quick to apply fancy methods yet fail in the proper interpretation due to a lack of understanding of the underlying principles. This problem is addressed by the proposed book through three concepts:
1. Command line software forces the students to first learn some details before they are able to produce results on their own.
2. The book is focused on principles and methods. When the students understand a few basic principles, they have far better access to a wide range of related methods.
3. Examples of poor analysis highlight common pitfalls.
The volume attempts to be an applied, minimalistic and efficient textbook and is based upon several successful courses.

Oliver Nakoinz Daniel Knitter

Chapter 1:Introduction and Mathematics.- Chapter 2: Theory of Modelling.- Chapter 3: Software.- Chapter 4: Density.- Chapter 5: Regression and Interpolation.- Chapter 6: Location and Characterisation.- Chapter 7: Point Pattern.- Chapter 8: Boundaries.- Chapter 9: Networks.- Chapter 10: Interaction.- Chapter 11: Perception of Landscapes.- Chapter 12: Simulations.

Erscheinungsdatum	20.07.2018
Reihe/Serie	Quantitative Archaeology and Archaeological Modelling
Zusatzinfo	XIX, 255 p. 119 illus., 12 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	4219 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Theorie / Studium
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Empirische Sozialforschung
Schlagworte	Agent-based models of complex systems • Analysis of point patterns • Geographical and social networks in Archaeology • Identifying border and cultural areas • Introduction to R software • Landscape Archaeology • Monte Carlo simulations • Open source statistical software • Predictive Modelling • Quantitative Archaeology and Archaeological Modell • Quantitative Archaeology and Archaeological Modelling • Regression and interpolation methods • Simulation models • Spatial analysis and statistics • Theoretical and empirical Interaction models • Theory of Modelling in archaeology • Voronoi techniques
ISBN-13	9783319805931 / 9783319805931
Zustand	Neuware