Invariance and Universality in Social Agent-Based Simulations

Cioffi-Revilla, Claudio

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2289482

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Invariance and Universality in Social Agent-Based Simulations

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America,Vol. 99, No. 10, Supplement 3: Arthur M. Sackler Colloquium of the National Academy of Sciences

Sackler Colloquium on Adaptive Agents, Intelligence, and Emergent HumanOrganization: Capturing Complexity though Agent-Based Modeling (May 14, 2002), pp. 7314-7316

4 Pages Posted: 8 Jul 2013

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Claudio Cioffi-Revilla

George Mason University - Center for Social Complexity; American Association for the Advancement of Science; American Mathematical Society; Society for Political Methodology

Date Written: May 14, 2002

Abstract

Agent-based simulation models have a promising future in the social sciences, from political science to anthropology, economics, and sociology. To realize their full scientific potential, however, these models must address a set of key problems, such as the number of interacting agents and their geometry, network topology, time calibration, phenomenological calibration, structural stability, power laws, and other substantive and methodological issues. This paper discusses and highlights these problems and outlines some solutions.

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Cioffi-Revilla, Claudio, Invariance and Universality in Social Agent-Based Simulations (May 14, 2002). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America,Vol. 99, No. 10, Supplement 3: Arthur M. Sackler Colloquium of the National Academy of Sciences, Sackler Colloquium on Adaptive Agents, Intelligence, and Emergent HumanOrganization: Capturing Complexity though Agent-Based Modeling (May 14, 2002), pp. 7314-7316, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2289482 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2289482