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A New Agent-based Tool to Build Artificial Worlds

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Decision Theory and Choices: a Complexity Approach

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We propose SLAPP, or Swarm-Like Agent Protocol in Python, as a simplified application of the original Swarm protocol, choosing Python as a simultaneously simple and complete object-oriented framework. With SLAPP we develop two test models in the Agent-Based Models (ABM) perspective, building both an artificial world related to an imaginary situation with stylized chameleons and an artificial world related to the actual important issue of interbank payment and liquidity.

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  1. Department of Economics and Public Finance, University of Torino, Torino, Italy

    Pietro Terna

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  1. University of Salerno Fisciano, Italy

    Marisa Faggini  & Concetto Paolo Vinci  & 

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Terna, P. (2010). A New Agent-based Tool to Build Artificial Worlds. In: Faggini, M., Vinci, C.P. (eds) Decision Theory and Choices: a Complexity Approach. New Economic Windows. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-1778-8_4

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