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GECCO
2007
Springer
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13 years 11 months ago
Simulations of egoistic and altruistic behaviors using the vidya multiagent system platform
This paper investigates the impacts of individual egoistic and altruistic behaviors in a virtual society built upon the Vidya game, used here as the social simulation and Multiage...
Marcelo Souza Pita, Fernando Buarque de Lima Neto
ATAL
2009
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
Perspectives and challenges of agent-based simulation as a tool for economics and other social sciences
This paper argues that the agent-based simulation approach is just the one appropriate to the social sciences (including economics). Although there were many predecessor approache...
Klaus G. Troitzsch
EUMAS
2006
13 years 6 months ago
Simulation as Formal and Generative Social Science: The Very Idea
Nuno David, Jaime Simão Sichman, Helder Coe...
ECAL
2007
Springer
13 years 8 months ago
From Artificial Societies to New Social Science Theory
We identify two distinct themes in social science modelling. One, more specific, approach is that of social simulation which addresses how behaviour of many actors can lead to emer...
Eric Silverman, John Bryden
ECSQARU
2003
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
Applications of Latent Class Analysis in Social Science Research
An overview is provided of recent developments in the use of latent class (LC) models in social science research. Special attention is paid to the application of LC analysis as a f...
Jeroen K. Vermunt