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Interactive inversion of agent-based models

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A financial market example illustrates how Interactive Evolutionary Computation (IEC) can be used for agent-based model inversion. The example shows that IEC can be used to discover a model that reproduces synthetic data generated with a very simple model.

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  1. Icosystem Corporation, 10 Fawcett St., Cambridge, MA, 01238, USA

    Trent Ashburn, Eric Bonabeau & Ihsan Ecemis

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  1. Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, 226-8502, Japan

    Takao Terano Ph.D. (Professor) & Hiroshi Deguchi Ph.D. (Professor) (Professor) &  (Professor)

  2. Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Nihonmatsu-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan

    Hajime Kita Dr. Eng. (Professor) (Professor)

  3. Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso, Showa-ku, Nagoya, 466-8555, Japan

    Toshiyuki Kaneda Dr.Eng. (Associate Professor) (Associate Professor)

  4. Faculty of Social Systems Science, Chiba Institute of Technology, 2-17-1 Tsudanuma, Narashino, Chiba, 275-0016, Japan

    Kiyoshi Arai Dr. Eng. (Professor) (Professor)

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Ashburn, T., Bonabeau, E., Ecemis, I. (2005). Interactive inversion of agent-based models. In: Terano, T., Kita, H., Kaneda, T., Arai, K., Deguchi, H. (eds) Agent-Based Simulation: From Modeling Methodologies to Real-World Applications. Agent-Based Social Systems, vol 1. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/4-431-26925-8_2

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