Download or read book Simulation Gaming On the Improvement of Competence in Dealing with Complexity Uncertainty and Value Conflicts written by J.H.G. Klabbers and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2016-01-26 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume records the Proceedings of the International Simulation and Gaming Association's 19th International Conference which took place at Utrecht University in 1988. Seven sections are contained in the volume. The first section on complexity, uncertainty and conflict deals with theoretical and methodological issues. This is the introduction to the conference theme "On the improvement of competence". The following sections cover broad areas: organizational change, business simulation, policy exercise, methodology, learning environments, and special topics such as environmental planning, health care, diplomatic games and gambling.
Download or read book Games and Simulations to Enhance Quality Learning written by Danny Saunders and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Simulation und Planspiel in den Sozialwissenschaften written by Dietmar Herz and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2000 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Magic Circle Principles of Gaming Simulation written by Jan H.G. Klabbers and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this unique book is to outline the core of game science by presenting principles underlying the design and use of games and simulations. Game science covers three levels of discourse: the philosophy of science level, the science level, and the application or practical level. The framework presented will help to grasp the interplay between forms of knowledge and knowledge content, interplay that evolves through the action of the players. Few scientists have witnessed such a radical change in their area of research and practice as those who engaged in play and gaming since the 1950s. Since that time game scientists from a whole variety of disciplines started adopting gaming and simulation methods in their research. Rapid advances in information technology and computer science are producing a tool rich environment for the design and use of games, and for humanities studies of games as digital arts and interactive narratives. Game science is advancing through these waves of change, driven by the digital computer game industry, enhanced through computer and information science, as well as through advances in professional gaming such as in education, public and business management, policy development, health care, eco-systems management, and so on. When asking game scientists about the core of their science, one should expect to hear diverging answers. The common questions about the core of game and play are not new. They refer to: What is the meaning of game and play? What is real and what is virtual reality? How could we build simple and effective games from complex social systems? Are we able to bring forward a general theory of games? Are we able to help players (social actors) to find smart solutions and approaches to complex issues? How do games enhance learning and how do they improve our thinking capacity and action repertoire? Current answers to these questions are scattered and inadequate. This book offers a frame-of-reference that will enlighten the characteristics of particular games and simulations from a common perspective. The author pays less attention to instrumental reasoning than on theoretical and methodological questions. Answers will provide a suitable context for addressing design science and analytical science approaches to artifact design and assessment, and theory development and testing. Due to the high diversity of approaches that game science has to accommodate the author chooses an interdisciplinary and where appropriate a meta-disciplinary approach.
Download or read book Autopoiesis and Configuration Theory New Approaches to Societal Steering written by Roel J. in 't Veld and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Contribution of Social Sciences to Sustainable Development at Universities written by Walter Leal Filho and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-06 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is the first of its kind to present contemporary, state-of-the-art examples of how social science theories, models, and findings can advance all aspects of campus sustainability, an area that has so far been largely neglected. The individual chapters reflect the broad diversity of research on sustainable campus development conducted within and across basic and applied social science disciplines, drawing on a range of methods and case studies from around the world. Institutions of higher education have been among the leading promoters of sustainable development. However, efforts to transition to sustainability have been largely dominated by technological “solutions” and universities and colleges are increasingly recognizing that this transition cannot be achieved without attention to the human dimension. Administrators, campus sustainability officers and other university staff, faculty members and students, as well as alumni and external constituents all help to shape which sustainability innovations and initiatives are considered and pursued, and their participation determines the ultimate success of sustainability efforts. The book’s individual contributions illustrate how the social sciences can broaden visions of what may be possible, identify the advantages and disadvantages of different instrumental and emancipator approaches, evaluate interventions’ effectiveness, and offer processes for learning from mistakes and successes in ways that support continuous advances toward sustainability. Given that the majority of social science research stems from universities, the level of trust in these institutions, and their mission to develop societal leaders, higher education institutions are ideally suited for testing, assessing and modeling the social innovations needed to achieve sustainability on campuses and beyond.
Download or read book Back to the future of Gaming written by Willy Christian Kriz and published by wbv Media GmbH & Company KG. This book was released on 2014-07-10 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Der Sammelband ist Retrospektive und reflektierte Mutmaßung über die Zukunft der Planspiele (Gaming). Das Buch basiert auf Richard Dukes Standardwerk "Gaming: The Future's Language" von 1974 und betrachtet Vergangenheit, Gegenwart und speziell die Zukunft von Gaming, bezogen auf die Leitgedanken in Dukes Werk. In ihrem Band dokumentieren die beiden Herausgeber Duke und Kriz die Geschichte, das Erfahrungswissen und den derzeitigen Stand der Technik der Planspiele und liefern Inspiration für aktuelle und zukünftige Entwicklungen. Der Band wendet sich an alle, die sich mit dem Thema Gaming in Politik, Strategie, Bildung, Management und anderen Bereichen beschäftigen.
Download or read book Play Redux written by David Myers and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2010-06-02 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Play Redux excels in tying together intellectual traditions that are rooted in literary studies, cognitive science, play studies and several other fields, thereby creating a logical whole. Through this, the book makes service to several academic communities by pointing out their points of contact. This is clearly an important contribution to a growing academic field, and will no doubt become important in many future discussions about digital games and play." ---Frans Mäyrä, University of Tampere, Finland "David Myers has researched video games longer than anyone else. Play Redux shows him continually relevant, never afraid of courting controversy." ---Jesper Juul, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark Play Redux is an ambitious description and critical analysis of the aesthetic pleasures of video game play, drawing on early twentieth-century formalist theory and models of literature. Employing a concept of biological naturalism grounded in cognitive theory, Myers argues for a clear delineation between the aesthetics of play and the aesthetics of texts. In the course of this study, Myers asks a number of interesting questions: What are the mechanics of human play as exhibited in computer games? Can these mechanisms be modeled? What is the evolutionary function of cognitive play, and is it, on the whole, a good thing? Intended as a provocative corrective to the currently ascendant, if not dominant, cultural and ethnographic approach to game studies and play, Play Redux will generate interest among scholars of communications, new media, and film. David Myers is Reverend Aloysius B. Goodspeed Distinguished Professor at the School of Mass Communication, Loyola University New Orleans.
Download or read book Global Interdependence written by David Crookall and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume records the proceedings of the 22nd Annual International Con ference of the International Simulation and Gaming Association (ISAGA), 15-19 July, 1991, Kyoto, Japan, sponsored by the Science Council of Japan and the Japanese Association of Simulation and Gaming (JASAG). The con ference theme was Global Modeling for Solving Global Problems. The first 2 days of the conference were held in the magnificent Kyoto International Conference Hall; the 3rd day was spent admiring the floats of the famous Gion Festival in the exquisite city of Kyoto and the Daibutsu (or Great Buddha) of the Todaiji Temple in Nara and visiting one of the Sharp factories. During the last 2 days of the conference we were made most welcome in the Faculty of International Relations of Ritsumeikan University. The day after the conference, a number of delegates went to Hiroshima (the Peace Memorial Hall, Museum and Park) and also to one of Japan's "Scenic Trio," the island of Miyajima with its breathtaking views and the Itsukushima Shrine. The conference was attended by some 400 delegates from over 30 different countries. Over 100 sessions, both theoretical and practical, were given: keynote speeches, round-table discussions, workshops, papers. This volume reflects most of those sessions, in the form of either a full paper or a short abstract.
Download or read book The Systems Constellation as an Instrument for Change Agents written by Kai Bulling and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-01-08 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his book Kai Bulling proposes the systems constellation as an instrument for change agents. An innovative general model of the systems constellation as a management intervention is constructed that presents the method as a synergetic combination of functional elements. This creates a new level of transparency that will support practitioners and managers in understanding its benefits and challenges as well as tailoring interventions to a specific case.
Download or read book Forecasting and Management of Technology written by Alan L. Porter and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1991 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consistently practical in its coverage, the book discusses general issues related to forecasting and management; introduces a variety of methods, and shows how to apply these methods to significant issues in managing technological development. With numerous exhibits, case studies and exercises throughout, it requires only basic mathematics and includes a special technology forecasting TOOLKIT for the IBM and compatibles, along with full instructions for installing and running the program.
Download or read book Surveying Cultures written by David R. Heise and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-01-26 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surveying Cultures uniquely employs techniques rooted in survey methodology to discover cultural patterns in social science research. Examining both classical and emerging methods that are used to survey and assess differing norms among populations, the book successfully breaks new ground in the field, introducing a theory of measurement for ethnographic studies that employs the consensus-as-culture model. The book begins with a basic overview of cross-cultural measurement of sentiments and presents innovative and sophisticated analyses of measurement issues and of homogeneity among respondents. Subsequent chapters explore topics that are at the core of successful data collection and analysis in culture studies, including: The role of bipolar scales and Internet data collection in measuring sentiments Key methodological variables that determine the quality of quantitative data, including measurement errors, validity, and reliability New approaches to reliability and several new methods of assessing a respondent's degree of inculcation into group culture Sampling, coverage, nonresponse, and measurement errors, with an in-depth discussion of their occurrence in culture surveys, their impact assessments, and how current measurement techniques are constructed to help prevent these kinds of errors Common problems often encountered in the acquisition and communication of data, including identifying error variances, interpreting gender differences in responses, and defining the difference between cultures and subcultures Throughout the book, each topic is accompanied by a review of related methodological literature. For many of the presented concepts, the author includes a formal analysis of the related issues in measuring cultural norms and reports on analyses. Each chapter concludes with an organized list of major findings as well as an insightful outline of specific recommendations regarding practical problems in culture studies. Surveying Cultures serves as a valuable supplemental book to courses on survey and research methods at the upper-undergraduate and graduate levels. It is also an excellent reference for researchers in the fields of sociology, anthropology, psychology, and political science.
Download or read book Europe written by J. Berting and published by Eburon Uitgeverij B.V.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern Europe is a patchwork quilt in which a diverse array of national cultures have been pieced into one community. In Europe: A Heritage, a Challenge, a Promise, Jan Berting reckons with a continent at a turning point in its history, arguing that Europe must balance its urge to modernize with a respect for its shared legacy. As Europe struggles with the tension between its past and its future, Berting pinpoints challenges to modernization and proposes intriguing solutions. He addresses topics as varied as the rise of Islam, political liberalism, and individual freedoms in this comprehensive volume sure to interest all those invested in the future of Europe.
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Download or read book Problem Solving with Cases and Simulations written by Hans Emil Klein and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume produced by WACRA (World Association for Case Method Research & Application) presents papers on "Problem Solving with Cases & Simulations" in a Teaching-Learning Environment. Contributions from around the world (Europe, North & South America, Africa, Asia, Australia) explore & discuss the latest developments in design, production, implementation, research, evaluation, & pedagogical innovations using cases, simulations & games. Disciplines represented include Business, Communication, Education, Engineering, Industrial (Professional) Training, Medicine, Psychology, Strategic Policy Planning, Sociology, Social Sciences. Among others, Romiszovski (USA) proposes a structural communication methodology to assist students in dealing with unstructured problems, while Klabbers (Netherlands) suggests that games & simulations are appropriate means to tackle complex problems. Barnes (Harvard) responds to "How do concepts - concepts or theories of leadership - influence design, & teaching, of a course. Is there any relationship between Case Method Leadership & the leadership concept we try to transfer into our course designs?" Dutch Educational Centers introduce a case course concept based on different learning theories. On-going research reports, applications, case (simulation) development & writing & practical information about Case Method Organizations, Publications & Clearing Houses, worldwide, are also included. (1989 & 1988 volumes: ISBN 1-877868-01-9; 1-877868-00-0)
Download or read book Resolving Conflicts and Uncertainty in Water Management written by Canadian Water Resources Association. Conference and published by Cambridge, Ont. : Canadian Water Resources Assoc. = Association canadienne des Ressources Hydriques. This book was released on 1992 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proceedings of the conference, which considers if and how conflicts and uncertainty can be resolved. The papers presented covered watershed planning and impact assessment; monitoring, analysis and modelling; and economic instruments.
Download or read book The Simulation and Gaming Yearbook written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
