AN INTRODUCTION TO AGENT BASED MODELLING AND SIMULATION OF SOCIAL PROCESSES
The paper provides an introduction to agent-based modelling and simulation of social processes. Reader is introduced to the worldview underlying agent-based models, some basic terminology, basic properties of agent-based models, as well as to what one can and what cannot expect from such models, par...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Croatian Interdisciplinary Society
2003-10-01
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Series: | Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems |
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Online Access: | http://indecs.eu/2003/indecs2003-pp1-8.pdf |
Summary: | The paper provides an introduction to agent-based modelling and simulation of social processes. Reader is introduced to the worldview underlying agent-based models, some basic terminology, basic properties of agent-based models, as well as to what one can and what cannot expect from such models, particularly when they are applied to social-scientific investigation. Special attention is given to the issues of validation. |
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ISSN: | 1334-4684 1334-4676 |