Overview
- Examines the use of agent-based modelling (ABM) in population studies, from concepts to applications, best practices to future developments
- Provides a solid point of reference for those wanting to use ABM in population research
- Features the work of leading experts who share their unique insights into their experience with ABM
Part of the book series: The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis (PSDE, volume 41)
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Perspectives on Agent-Based Modelling in Population Studies
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Designing, Analysing, and Reporting Agent-Based Models
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Modelling Decision Processes
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Health, Mortality, and Support in Old Age
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About this book
This book examines the use of agent-based modelling (ABM) in population studies, from concepts to applications, best practices to future developments. It features papers written by leading experts in the field that will help readers to better understand the usefulness of ABM for population projections, how ABM can be injected with empirical data to achieve a better match between model and reality, how geographic information can be fruitfully used in ABM, and how ABM results can be reported effectively and correctly.
Coverage ranges from detailing the relation between ABM and existing paradigms in population studies to infusing agent-based models with empirical data. The papers show the benefits that ABM offers the field, including enhanced theory formation by better linking the micro level with the macro level, the ability to represent populations more adequately as complex systems, and the possibility to study rare events and the implications of alternative mechanisms in artificial laboratories.
In addition, readers will discover guidelines and best practices with detailed examples of how to apply agent-based models in different areas of population research, including human mating behaviour, migration, and socio-structural determinants of health behaviours.
Earlier versions of the papers in this book have been presented at the workshop “Recent Developments and Future Directions in Agent-Based Modelling in Population Studies,” which took place at the University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Belgium, in September 2014. The book will contribute to the development of best practices in the field and will provide a solid point of reference for scholars who want to start using agent-based modelling in their own research.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Agent-Based Modelling in Population Studies
Book Subtitle: Concepts, Methods, and Applications
Editors: André Grow, Jan Van Bavel
Series Title: The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32283-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-32281-0Published: 22 August 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81242-7Published: 22 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-32283-4Published: 11 August 2016
Series ISSN: 1877-2560
Series E-ISSN: 2215-1990
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 513
Number of Illustrations: 72 b/w illustrations, 62 illustrations in colour
Topics: Demography, Methodology of the Social Sciences, Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences, Simulation and Modeling