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We present recent progress in the design and development of DEPLOYERS, an agent-based macroeconomics modeling (ABM) framework, capable to deploy and simulate a full economic system (individual workers, goods and services firms, government,…

Econometrics · Economics 2024-09-10 Martin Jaraiz , Ruth Pinacho

Simulating how team members collaborate within complex environments using Agentic AI is a promising approach to explore hypotheses grounded in social science theories and study team behaviors. We introduce VirtLab, a user-friendly,…

Extracting actionable insights from complex value stream map simulations can be challenging, time-consuming, and error-prone. Recent advances in large language models offer new avenues to support users with this task. While existing…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-04-15 Micha Selak , Dirk Krechel , Adrian Ulges , Sven Spieckermann , Niklas Stoehr , Andreas Loehr

Agent-based models (ABMs) stand as an essential paradigm for proposing and validating hypothetical solutions or policies aimed at addressing challenges posed by complex systems and achieving various objectives. This process demands…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-04-02 Tong Niu , Weihao Zhang , Rong Zhao

The design of agent-based models (ABMs) is often ad-hoc when it comes to defining their scope. In order for the inclusion of features such as network structure, location, or dynamic change to be justified, their role in a model should be…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2017-12-29 Reiko Heckel , Alexander Kurz , Edmund Chattoe-Brown

This study demonstrates the implementation of the stochastic ruler discrete simulation optimization method for calibrating an agent-based model (ABM) developed to simulate hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission. The ABM simulates HCV…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-03-04 Soham Das , Navonil Mustafee , Varun Ramamohan

Continuous authentication systems leveraging free-text keyboard dynamics offer a promising additional layer of security in a multifactor authentication setup that can be used in a transparent way with no impact on user experience. This…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-05-09 Roberto Dillon , Arushi

Modeling infection spread during pandemics is not new, with models using past data to tune simulation parameters for predictions. These help understand the healthcare burden posed by a pandemic and respond accordingly. However, the problem…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-10-21 Himanshu Kharkwal , Dakota Olson , Jiali Huang , Abhiraj Mohan , Ankur Mani , Jaideep Srivastava

Agent-based models have proven to be useful tools in supporting decision-making processes in different application domains. The advent of modern computers and supercomputers has enabled these bottom-up approaches to realistically model…

Designing and evaluating personalized and proactive assistant agents remains challenging due to the time, cost, and ethical concerns associated with human-in-the-loop experimentation. Existing Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) methods often…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-11-25 Ziyi Xuan , Yiwen Wu , Xuhai Xu , Vinod Namboodiri , Mooi Choo Chuah , Yu Yang

Random numbers are at the heart of every agent-based model (ABM) of health and disease. By representing each individual in a synthetic population, agent-based models enable detailed analysis of intervention impact and parameter sensitivity.…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2024-09-09 Daniel J. Klein , Romesh G. Abeysuriya , Robyn M. Stuart , Cliff C. Kerr

Agent-Based Models (ABMs) are often used to model migration and are increasingly used to simulate individual migrant decision-making and unfolding events through a sequence of heuristic if-then rules. However, ABMs lack the methods to embed…

Applications · Statistics 2021-11-09 Peter Strong , Alys McAlpine , Jim Q Smith

The global economy is one of today's major challenges, with increasing relevance in recent decades. A frequent observation by policy makers is the lack of tools that help at least to understand, if not predict, economic crises. Currently,…

General Finance · Quantitative Finance 2023-05-16 Martin Jaraiz

Generative Agent-Based Models (GABMs) powered by large language models (LLMs) offer promising potential for empirical logistics and supply chain management (LSCM) research by enabling realistic simulation of complex human behaviors. Unlike…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-08-29 Vincent E. Castillo

Agent-based modeling (ABM) is a bottom-up modeling approach, where each entity of the system being modeled is uniquely represented as an independent decision-making agent. Large scale emergent behavior in ABMs is population sensitive. As…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2017-04-12 Nuno Fachada , Vitor V. Lopes , Rui C. Martins , Agostinho C. Rosa

A model of interacting agents, following plausible behavioral rules into a world where the Covid-19 epidemic is affecting the actions of everyone. The model works with (i) infected agents categorized as symptomatic or asymptomatic and (ii)…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2021-08-23 Gianpiero Pescarmona , Pietro Terna , Alberto Acquadro , Paolo Pescarmona , Giuseppe Russo , Emilio Sulis , Stefano Terna

Simulations of artificial stock markets were considered as early as 1964 and multi-agent ones were introduced as early as 1989. Starting the early 90's, collaborations of economists and physicists produced increasingly realistic simulation…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Gilles Daniel , Lev Muchnik , Sorin Solomon

Deterministic electromagnetic (EM) simulators provide accurate radio propagation modeling but often require expert configuration and lack interactive flexibility. We present RadioSim Agent, an agentic framework that integrates large…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-11 Sajjad Hussain , Conor Brennan

Motivation: Agent-based modeling is an indispensable tool for studying complex biological systems. However, existing simulators do not always take full advantage of modern hardware and often have a field-specific software design. Results:…

We introduce a novel hybrid approach that augments Agent-Based Models (ABMs) with behaviors generated by Large Language Models (LLMs) to simulate human trading interactions. We call our model TraderTalk. Leveraging LLMs trained on extensive…

Trading and Market Microstructure · Quantitative Finance 2025-02-12 Alicia Vidler , Toby Walsh