This article traces the contours of a comparative, global, cross-disciplinary, and
multiparadigmatic field that construes ethnicity, race, and nationhood as a single integrated …

Most research on the effect of ethnicity on economic and political outcomes is driven by the"
primordialist" assumption that ethnic identities are fixed. But" constructivist" research across …

Institutional frameworks powerfully determine the goals, violence, and trajectories of
identitarian movements—including secessionist movements. However, both small-N and …

Philosophy matters for the social sciences. Our world faces ever more complex and
hazardous problems and, social science ontology and methods need to be adequate to the …

Researchers across disciplines apply complexity theory to issues ranging from economic
development to earthquake prediction. The breadth of applications speaks to the promise of …

There has been some discussion about agent-based modelling (ABM) and theory,
particularly how ABM might facilitate theory building. However, there is confusion about the …

Acquirers, system builders, and other stakeholders of big data systems need to define
requirements, develop and evaluate solutions, and integrate systems together. A reference …

This paper focuses on the design and development of a spatial evolutionary multi-agent
social network (EMAS) to investigate the underlying emergent macroscopic behavioral …

This paper focuses on the development of a spatial evolutionary multiagent social network
for studying the macroscopic-behavioral dynamics of civil violence, as a result of …

Our GeoGraph 3D extensions to the RePast agent-based simulation platform support
models in which mobile agents travel and interact on rugged terrain or on network …