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10 Understanding Simulation Results ....................................... 205
Andrew Evans, Alison Heppenstall, and Mark Birkin

11 How Many Times Should One Run a Computational Simulation? ... 229
Raffaello Seri and Davide Secchi
12 Participatory Approaches ................................................. 253
Olivier Barreteau, Pieter Bots, Katherine Daniell, Michel Etienne,
Pascal Perez, Cécile Barnaud, Didier Bazile, Nicolas Becu,
Jean-Christophe Castella, William’s Daré, and Guy Trebuil
13 Combining Mathematical and Simulation Approaches
to Understand the Dynamics of Computer Models ..................... 293
Luis R. Izquierdo, Segismundo S. Izquierdo, José M. Galán,
and José I. Santos

14 Interpreting and Understanding Simulations: The Philosophy
of Social Simulation ........................................................ 331
R. Keith Sawyer
15 Documenting Social Simulation Models: The ODD Protocol as
a Standard ................................................................... 349
Volker Grimm, Gary Polhill, and Julia Touza

Part III Mechanisms
16 Utility, Games and Narratives............................................. 369
Guido Fioretti
17 Social Constraint ........................................................... 411
Martin Neumann
18 Reputation for Complex Societies ........................................ 443
Francesca Giardini, Rosaria Conte, and Mario Paolucci

19 Social Networks and Spatial Distribution................................ 471
Frédéric Amblard and Walter Quattrociocchi
20 Learning ..................................................................... 501
Michael W. Macy, Steve Benard, and Andreas Flache
21 Evolutionary Mechanisms ................................................. 525
Edmund Chattoe-Brown and Bruce Edmonds

Part IV Applications
22 Agent-Based Modelling and Simulation Applied
to Environmental Management ........................................... 569
Christophe Le Page, Didier Bazile, Nicolas Becu, Pierre Bommel,
François Bousquet, Michel Etienne, Raphael Mathevet,
Véronique Souchère, Guy Trébuil, and Jacques Weber