Public policies are designed to have an impact on particular societies, yet policy-oriented
computer models and simulations often focus more on articulating the policies to be applied …

This article begins with a brief outline of recent advances in the application of computer
modeling to sustainability research, identifying important gaps in coverage and associated …

Computational approaches to climate modeling have advanced rapidly in recent years, as
have the tools and techniques associated with the construction of artificial life, artificial …

This article provides scholars of nonreligion and secularism with an introduction to some of
the major opportunities and challenges associated with the growing application of …

Statistical models have consistently found age, sex, educational attainment, income, race,
political views, and geographic region (in the US) to be important correlates of religious non …

In recent years advances in computational modeling and social simulation technologies
have enabled scientists to identify some of the conditions under which–and the mechanisms …

Today's challenges must be addressed as socio-technical systems, including insights from
the social sciences and humanities to adequately represent the human components. As …

Names: Wildman, Wesley J., 1961–author.| Shults, F. LeRon, author. Title: Modeling religion:
simulating the transformation of worldviews, lifeways, and civilizations/Wesley J. Wildman …

This paper describes an artificial society in which the simulated agents behave and interact
based on a computational architecture informed by insights from one of the leading social …

Here we respond to a recent article in this journal by Leonardo Ambasciano, in which he
offers a high-level critique of “big data,” artificial intelligence, and computational approaches …