Conventional approaches to natural resource management are increasingly challenged by
environmental problems that are embedded in highly complex systems with profound …

Interconnected social and environmental systems are the domain of ecological economics,
and models can be used to explore feedbacks and adaptations inherent in these systems …

This paper provides an overview on the impact of agent-based models in the social
sciences. It focuses on the reasons why agent-based models are seen as important …

The clear documentation of simulations is important for their communication, replication, and
comprehension. It is thus helpful for such documentation to follow minimum standards. The …

Social simulation—an emerging field of computational social science—has progressed from
simple toy models to increasingly realistic models of complex social systems, such as agent …

Today the majority of people uses online social networks not only to stay in contact with
friends, but also to find information about relevant topics, or to spread information. While a lot …

There are two major limitations to the potential of computational models in ecology for
producing general insights: their design is path‐dependent, reflecting different underlying …

Today more and more people use social networks and so the differences in personalities of
users become more diversified. The same holds true for available news content. To test if …

Verification and validation are two important aspects of model building. Verification and
validation compare models with observations and descriptions of the problem modelled …

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