Article Outline
Glossary
Definition of the Subject
Introduction
Why Simulate Social Phenomena?
Simulating Social Phenomena
Future Directions
Further Reading
Bibliography
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Abbreviations
- Agent (or software agent ):
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A self‐contained entity that has a state and that issituated (able to perceive and act) in an environment. In addition, agents are often assumed to be rational and autonomous.
- Cellular automaton :
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A mathematical structure modeling a set of cells that interact with theirneighbors. Each cell has a set of neighbors and a state. All the cells update their valuessimultaneously at discrete time steps. The new state of a cell is determined by the current stateof its neighbors according to a local function or rule.
- Microlevel simulation :
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A type of simulation in which the specific behaviors of specific individuals are explicitlymodeled.
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Davidsson, P., Verhagen, H. (2012). Social Phenomena Simulation. In: Meyers, R. (eds) Computational Complexity. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1800-9_185
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