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Geoffrey Nigel Gilbert (born 21 March 1950) is a British sociologist and a pioneer in the use of agent-based models in the social sciences. He is the founder and director of the Centre for Research in Social Simulation (University of Surrey), author of several books on computational social science, social simulation and social research and past editor of…
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TTTA extracted 35 structured relationships around Nigel Gilbert. Examples in this analysis include Nigel Gilbert → Alma mater → University of Cambridge and Nigel Gilbert → Born → Geoffrey Nigel Gilbert (1950-03-21) 21 March 1950 (age 76) Birmingham, United Kingdom. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigel Gilbert | Alma mater | University of Cambridge | 1.00 | infobox |
| Nigel Gilbert | Born | Geoffrey Nigel Gilbert (1950-03-21) 21 March 1950 (age 76) Birmingham, United Kingdom | 1.00 | infobox |
| Nigel Gilbert | Doctoral advisor | Michael Mulkay | 1.00 | infobox |
| Nigel Gilbert | Fields | Computational sociology, Complexity theory, Sociology of science, Evaluation of public policy | 1.00 | infobox |
| Nigel Gilbert | Known for | Agent-based models for the social sciences, Social simulation | 1.00 | infobox |
| Nigel Gilbert | Thesis | The development of science and scientific knowledge (1976) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Nigel Gilbert | Workplaces | University of Surrey | 1.00 | infobox |
| Nigel Gilbert | related to External links | University | 0.60 | section |
| Nigel Gilbert | related to External links | Surrey | 0.60 | section |
| Nigel Gilbert | related to External links | Sociology | 0.60 | section |
| Nigel Gilbert | related to External links | Centre | 0.60 | section |
| Nigel Gilbert | related to External links | Research | 0.60 | section |
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Source: Wikipedia — Nigel Gilbert · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout