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Agent-based modeling is a computational dynamic modeling technique that may be less familiar to some readers. Agent-based modeling seeks to understand the behaviour of complex systems by situating agents in an environment and studying the…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2023-04-19 G. Wade McDonald , Nathaniel D. Osgood

We propose the use of Agent Based Models (ABMs) inside a reinforcement learning framework in order to better understand the relationship between automated decision making tools, fairness-inspired statistical constraints, and the social…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2019-03-25 Efrén Cruz Cortés , Debashis Ghosh

We review the agent-based models (ABM) on social physics including econophysics. The ABM consists of agent, system space, and external environment. The agent is autonomous and decides his/her behavior by interacting with the neighbors or…

Physics and Society · Physics 2018-06-13 Le Anh Quang , Nam Jung , Eun Sung Cho , Jae Hwan Choi , Jae Woo Lee

Agent-Based Modelling (ABM) has emerged as an essential tool for simulating social networks, encompassing diverse phenomena such as information dissemination, influence dynamics, and community formation. However, manually configuring varied…

Agent Based Modeling (ABM) has become a widespread approach to model complex interactions. In this chapter after briefly summarizing some features of ABM the different approaches in modeling spatial interactions are discussed. It is…

Physics and Society · Physics 2014-05-06 Marcel Ausloos , Herbert Dawid , Ugo Merlone

Agent-based models (ABM) are gaining traction as one of the most powerful modelling tools within the social sciences. They are particularly suited to simulating complex systems. Despite many methodological advances within ABM, one of the…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2020-03-27 Le-Minh Kieu , Nicolas Malleson , Alison Heppenstall

Agent-based modeling (ABM) provides a powerful framework for exploring how individual behaviors and interactions give rise to collective social dynamics. However, most ABMs rely on handcrafted or parameterized agent rules that are not…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2026-01-21 Abdul Sittar , Miha Cesnovar , Alenka Gucek , Marko Grobelnik

Today's most troublesome population health challenges are often driven by social and environmental determinants, which are difficult to model using traditional epidemiological methods. We agree with those who have argued for the wider…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2020-02-07 Eric Silverman , Umberto Gostoli , Stefano Picascia , Jonatan Almagor , Mark McCann , Richard Shaw , Claudio Angione

An agent-based model is proposed for analyzing the dynamics that arise from interactions within social networks, analyzing the individual behavior of each profile. Said model considers a simplified construction of a social network while…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2019-03-15 Juan Camilo Ramírez de los Rios , Paula Alejandra Escudero Marín , María Camila Vásquez-Correa

The diffusion of innovations is an important topic for the consumer markets. Early research focused on how innovations spread on the level of the whole society. To get closer to the real world scenarios agent based models (ABM) started…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2021-01-28 Natasa Vodopivec , Carole Adam , Jean-Pierre Chanteau

In this Chapter, I will explore the use of modeling in order to understand how Science works. I will discuss the modeling of scientific communities, providing a general, non-comprehensive overview of existing models, with a focus on the use…

Physics and Society · Physics 2012-07-24 Andre C. R. Martins

Today's research in recommender systems is largely based on experimental designs that are static in a sense that they do not consider potential longitudinal effects of providing recommendations to users. In reality, however, various…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2021-08-26 Gediminas Adomavicius , Dietmar Jannach , Stephan Leitner , Jingjing Zhang

Autonomous intelligent agent research is a domain situated at the forefront of artificial intelligence. Interest-based negotiation (IBN) is a form of negotiation in which agents exchange information about their underlying goals, with a view…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2012-09-20 Supriya D'Souza , Abhishek Rao , Amit Sharma , Sanjay Singh

This work outlines the modeling steps for developing a tool aimed at supporting policymakers in guiding policies toward more sustainable wheat production. In the agricultural sector,policies affect a highly diverse set of farms, which…

General Economics · Economics 2025-10-03 Gianfranco Giuloni , Edmondo Di Giuseppe , Arianna Di Paola

Scientific literature till date can be thought of as a partially revealed landscape, where scholars continue to unveil hidden knowledge by exploring novel research topics. How do scholars explore the scientific landscape , i.e., choose…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2015-03-11 Qiu Fang Ying , Srinivasan Venkatramanan , Dah Ming Chiu

Twitter (one example of microblogging) is widely being used by researchers to understand human behavior, specifically how people behave when a significant event occurs and how it changes user microblogging patterns. The changing…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2023-02-02 Usman Anjum , Vladimir Zadorozhny , Prashant Krishnamurthy

Integrating theoretical neuroscience, decision theory, and probabilistic inference offers a promising route to understanding human cognition, yet concrete methodological bridges between agentic AI models and behavioral data analysis remain…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2026-05-01 Dirk Ostwald , Rasmus Bruckner , Franziska Usée , Belinda Fleischmann , Joram Soch , Sean Mulready

Perhaps the most controversial questions in the study of online platforms today surround the extent to which platforms can intervene to reduce the societal ills perpetrated on them. Up for debate is whether there exist any effective and…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2021-03-08 Stefania Ionescu , Aniko Hannak , Kenneth Joseph

The reproduction of realistic dynamics in financial markets is of great significance, as it enhances our understanding of market evolution beyond other physical processes, and facilitates the development and backtesting of investment…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-10-14 Tianlang He , Fengming Zhu , Keyan Lu , Chang Xu , Yang Liu , Weiqing Liu , Fangzhen Lin , S. -H. Gary Chan , Jiang Bian

An increasing number of emerging applications, e.g., internet of things, vehicular communications, augmented reality, and the growing complexity due to the interoperability requirements of these systems, lead to the need to change the tools…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2019-01-16 Merim Dzaferagic , M. Majid Butt , Maria Murphy , Nicholas Kaminski , Nicola Marchetti