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Agent-Based Social Simulation and Modeling in Social Computing

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Intelligence and Security Informatics (ISI 2008)

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Agent-based social simulation (ABSS) as a main computational approach to social simulation has attracted increasing attention in the field of social computing. With the development of computer and information technologies, many new ABSS approaches have been proposed with wide application.. In this paper, we aim at reviewing research and applications of agent-based social simulation and modeling in recent years from a social computing perspective. We identify the underlying social theories for ABSS, its simulation and modeling techniques, and computational frameworks from both individual agent and multi-agent system perspective. We finally address some future research issues in agent-based social simulation and modeling.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Complex Systems and Intelligence Sciences, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

    Xiaochen Li, Wenji Mao, Daniel Zeng & Fei-Yue Wang

  2. Department of Management Information Systems, University of Arizona, USA

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  1. The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    Christopher C. Yang

  2. The University of Arizona, USA

    Hsinchun Chen

  3. The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    Michael Chau

  4. Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

    Kuiyu Chang

  5. University of Central Florida, USA

    Sheau-Dong Lang

  6. Tatung University, Taiwan

    Patrick S. Chen

  7. California University of Pennsylvania, USA

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  8. University of Arizona and Chinese Academy of Sciences, USA

    Daniel Zeng

  9. Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

    Fei-Yue Wang  & Wenji Mao  & 

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Li, X., Mao, W., Zeng, D., Wang, FY. (2008). Agent-Based Social Simulation and Modeling in Social Computing. In: Yang, C.C., et al. Intelligence and Security Informatics. ISI 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5075. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69304-8_41

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