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Large Language Models (LLMs) have gained traction in educational settings, often framed as virtual tutors or teaching assistants. Following early skepticism and bans, many schools and universities have begun integrating these systems into…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2026-05-22 Caterina Fuligni , Daniel Dominguez Figaredo , Armanda Lewis , Julia Stoyanovich

This article proposes a fundamental methodological shift in the modelling of policy interventions for sustainability transitions in order to account for complexity (e.g. self-reinforcing mechanism arising from multi-agent interactions) and…

Physics and Society · Physics 2016-03-23 J. -F. Mercure , H. Pollitt , A. M. Bassi , J. E Viñuales , N. R. Edwards

This paper introduces discourse_simulator, an open-source framework that combines LLMs with agent-based modelling. It offers a new way to simulate how public attitudes toward immigration change over time in response to salient events like…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-04-07 Deepak John Reji

Large language models have increasingly been proposed as a powerful replacement for classical agent-based models (ABMs) to simulate social dynamics. By using LLMs as a proxy for human behavior, the hope of this new approach is to be able to…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-12-09 Da Ju , Adina Williams , Brian Karrer , Maximilian Nickel

Understanding how different stakeholders perceive risks in AI systems is essential for their responsible deployment. This paper presents a framework for stakeholder-grounded risk assessment by using LLMs, acting as judges to predict and…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-11-06 Srishti Yadav , Jasmina Gajcin , Erik Miehling , Elizabeth Daly

The emergence of Large Language Models (LLMs) and advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI) offer an opportunity for computational social science research at scale. Building upon prior explorations of LLM agent design, our work…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-07-03 Gordon Dai , Weijia Zhang , Jinhan Li , Siqi Yang , Chidera Onochie lbe , Srihas Rao , Arthur Caetano , Misha Sra

Effective decision-making in complex systems requires synthesizing diverse perspectives to address multifaceted challenges under uncertainty. This study introduces an agentic Large Language Models (LLMs) framework for simulating decision…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-03-20 Antoine Dolant , Praveen Kumar

The structure of social relations is fundamental for the construction of plausible simulation scenarios. It shapes the way actors interact and create their identity within overlapping social contexts. Each actor interacts in multiple…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2015-09-14 Davide Nunes , Luis Antunes

Training medical personnel using standardized patients (SPs) remains a complex challenge, requiring extensive domain expertise and role-specific practice. Previous research on Large Language Model (LLM)-based SPs mostly focuses on improving…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-06-10 Zhuoyun Du , Lujie Zheng , Renjun Hu , Yuyang Xu , Xiawei Li , Ying Sun , Wei Chen , Jian Wu , Haolei Cai , Haohao Ying

Our interest is in the design of software systems involving a human-expert interacting -- using natural language -- with a large language model (LLM) on data analysis tasks. For complex problems, it is possible that LLMs can harness human…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-10-10 Harshvardhan Mestha , Karan Bania , Shreyas V Sathyanarayana , Sidong Liu , Ashwin Srinivasan

The rapid evolution of Large Language Models (LLMs) has markedly expanded their application across diverse domains, transforming how complex problems are approached and solved. Initially conceived to predict subsequent words in texts, these…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-07-11 Sumedh Rasal , E. J. Hauer

A fundamental challenge in opinion dynamics research is the scarcity of real-world longitudinal opinion data, which complicates the validation of theoretical models. To address this, we propose a novel simulation framework using large…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2026-02-16 Yulong He , Dutao Zhang , Sergey Kovalchuk , Pengyi Li , Artem Sedakov

This study introduces "CosmoAgent," an innovative artificial intelligence system that utilizes Large Language Models (LLMs) to simulate complex interactions between human and extraterrestrial civilizations. This paper introduces a…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-06-10 Zhaoqian Xue , Beichen Wang , Suiyuan Zhu , Kai Mei , Hua Tang , Wenyue Hua , Mengnan Du , Yongfeng Zhang

Cognitive biases often shape human decisions. While large language models (LLMs) have been shown to reproduce well-known biases, a more critical question is whether LLMs can predict biases at the individual level and emulate the dynamics of…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-02-27 Stephen Pilli , Vivek Nallur

This position paper argues for a fundamental shift in how Large Language Models (LLMs) are integrated into the mental health care domain. We advocate for their role as co-creators rather than mere assistive tools. While LLMs have the…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-06-03 Abeer Badawi , Md Tahmid Rahman Laskar , Jimmy Xiangji Huang , Shaina Raza , Elham Dolatabadi

Multi-agent large language model frameworks are promising for complex multi step reasoning, yet existing systems remain weak for scientific and knowledge intensive domains due to static prompts and agent roles, rigid workflows, and…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-03-04 Yichao Feng , Haoran Luo , Zhenghong Lin , Yiqun Sun , Pengfei Wei , Lawrence B. Hsieh , Anh Tuan Luu

Multi-agents has exhibited significant intelligence in real-word simulations with Large language models (LLMs) due to the capabilities of social cognition and knowledge retrieval. However, existing research on agents equipped with effective…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-04-23 Yajie Yu , Yue Feng

Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly proposed as agents in strategic decision environments, yet their behavior in structured geopolitical simulations remains under-researched. We evaluate six popular state-of-the-art LLMs alongside…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-03-03 Veronika Solopova , Viktoria Skorik , Maksym Tereshchenko , Alina Haidun , Ostap Vykhopen

Sequential reasoning in agent systems has been significantly advanced by large language models (LLMs), yet existing approaches face limitations. Reflection-driven reasoning relies solely on knowledge in pretrained models, limiting…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-10-23 Chen Yang , Chenyang Zhao , Quanquan Gu , Dongruo Zhou

Reconstructing past events requires reasoning across long time horizons. To figure out what happened, we need to use our prior knowledge about the world and human behavior and draw inferences from various sources of evidence including…