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Simulating Social Phenomena

Lecture notes in economics and mathematical systemsPublished 1 January 1997
Rosaria Conte, Rainer Hegselmann, Pietro Terna
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TL;DR

A Laboratory for Agent Based Computational Economics: The Self-development of Consistency in Agents' Behaviour and Social Simulation - A New Disciplinary Synthesis.

Abstract

In this book experts from quite different fields present simulations of social phenomena: economists, sociologists, political scientists, psychologists, cognitive scientists, organisational scientists, decision scientists, geographers, computer scientists, AI and AL scientists, mathematicians and statisticians. They simulate markets, organisations, economic dynamics, coalition formation, the emergence of cooperation and exchange, bargaining, decision making, learning, and adaptation. The history, problems, and perspectives of simulating social phenomena are explicitly discussed.

Keywords

Social SciencesDecision Sciences