Agents in Social Science

Social scientists have used agent-based models in various political, ecological and economic scenarios. Here, agent-based models are ideal for understanding models involving individuals who interact and produce emergent phenomena. Agent-based models can be used to study the social networks by progra...

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Published inX-Machines for Agent-Based Modeling Vol. 1; pp. 87 - 120
Main Author Kiran, Mariam
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United Kingdom CRC Press 2017
CRC Press LLC
Edition1
Subjects
Automatic control engineering
Computer science
Electronics engineering
Memory Variables
CRTH2 Receptor
Poor Agents
Nash Equilibrium
Sugar And Spice
MPI Library
Superimposed
GPU Version
Study Network Formation
Simulation Program Generator
ABM
Iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma Game
Sugar Agents
Sugar Distribution
Sugarscape Model
Flame
Citizen Agents
Current Cell
Agent Based Models
Closing Channels
Agent Based Modeling Framework
Artificial Society
Cellular Automata
Memetic Algorithms
Function Execution
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ISBN1498723853
9781498723855
DOI10.1201/9781315370729-5

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Summary:Social scientists have used agent-based models in various political, ecological and economic scenarios. Here, agent-based models are ideal for understanding models involving individuals who interact and produce emergent phenomena. Agent-based models can be used to study the social networks by programming and visualizing how bonds are formed and broken. The Sugarscape model proved to be an excellent tool to analyze economic models in an artificial society. Traditional economic theories follow Pareto laws, that markets always lead to perfect allocation of resources among the population. Modeling social and economic worlds usually leads to show presence of an equilibrium, when the society is at a maximum benefit, utilizing all resources and performing efficiently. Social capital theory can be useful to study how resources in social networks can be used to study network formation, through social and instrumental ties. Sociological and behavioral simulation of people in closed environments allows studying relationships between different people from a social perspective.
ISBN:1498723853
9781498723855
DOI:10.1201/9781315370729-5