Agent-based modeling (ABM) is a novel computational methodology for representing the
behavior of individuals in order to study social phenomena. Its use is rapidly growing in …

Simulation models that describe autonomous individual organisms (individual based
models, IBM) or agents (agent-based models, ABM) have become a widely used tool, not …

Simulation for the Social Scientist is a practical textbook on the techniques of building
computer simulations to assist understanding of social and economic issues and problems …

How one builds, checks, validates and interprets a model depends on its 'purpose'. This is
true even if the same model is used for different purposes, which means that a model built …

Artificial markets are an emerging form of agent-based social simulation in which agents
represent consumers, firms, or industries interacting under simulated market conditions. We …

Agent-based modelling allows researchers to build artificial pastoral systems that are
spatially explicit and allow for the examination of complex interactions between households …

Scientists have increasingly employed computer models in their work. Recent years have
seen a proliferation of agent-based models in the natural and social sciences. But with the …

The method of agent-based modeling raises philosophy of science issues that modelers
have yet to resolve in a way that reconciles their work with that of other management and …

Abstract Model verification and validation (V&V) are critical to the long term use of agent-
based models of social processes. This paper addresses one important aspect of social …

In this paper we try to replicate the simulation results reported by Axelrod (1986) in an
influential paper on the evolution of social norms. Our study shows that Axelrod's results are …