Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analysis in Archaeological Computational Modeling

Preface.- Chapter 1:Introduction (MariekaBrouwer Burg, J.H.M. Peeters, and William A. Lovis).- Chapter 2: IsThere a Research Design Role for Sensitivity Analysis (SA) in Archaeological Modeling? (WilliamA. Lovis).- Chapter 3: EpistemicConsiderations About Uncertainty and Model Selection in ComputationalArchaeology: A Case Study on Exploratory Modeling (J.H.M. Peeters and Jan-Willem Romeijn).- Chapter 4: GIS-BasedModeling of Archaeological Dynamics (GMAD): Weaknesses, Strengths, and theUtility of Sensitivity Analysis (Marieka Brouwer Burg).- Chapter 5: Assessing Nonlinear Behaviors in anAgent Based Model (Jon W. Carroll).- Chapter 6: ScaleDependency in Agent-Based Modeling: How Many Time Steps? How Many Simulations?How Many Agents? (Joshua Watts).- Chapter 7: TheSensitivity of Demographic Characteristics to the Strength of the PopulationStabilizing Mechanism in a Model Hunter-Gatherer System (Andrew A. White).- Chapter 8: ArchaeologicalSimulation and the Testing Paradigm (Thomas G. Whitley).- Chapter 9: "Uncertainties" (Sander van der Leeuw).