Agent-based modelling as a method for prediction in complex social systems

C Elsenbroich, JG Polhill - International Journal of Social Research …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Agent-based models (ABMs) have their origins in considerations of complexity science
stipulating that many phenomena can be 'grown from the bottom up'. Explicitly, this was …

Impact evaluation with process tracing: explaining causal processes in an EU-interreg sustainable tourism intervention

LJ Montano, C Elsenbroich, X Font… - Journal of Sustainable …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Drawing from the field of complex evaluations we discuss a novel application of process
tracing for the evaluation of complex tourism interventions. We argue that to better evidence …

[HTML][HTML] Simulating Irrigation Systems (Landscapes) in Ancient and Modern Times: Developing an Irrigation-Related Agent-Based Model Framework

D Lang - 2024 - research.tudelft.nl
The human-water system, exemplified by irrigation systems, can be viewed as a highly
intricate adaptive system that emerges from the dynamic and continuous interplay of …

Make love, not models

B Castellani, L Gerrits - The Atlas of Social Complexity, 2024 - elgaronline.com
2021 CE. This old room is home to one of the many seminars we have attended when
writing this book. It is springtime, still cold but with a hint of warmer times. The sunlight …

Polarisation and protest mobilisation around secessionist movements: an agent-based model of online and offline social networks

C Chueca Del Cerro - 2023 - theses.gla.ac.uk
Secessionist movements are notorious for their abilities to mobilize people. Although these
movements might use economic grievances or policy preferences to attract support, national …

[HTML][HTML] Agent-based Modelling as a Method for Prediction for Complex Social Systems–a review of the special issue

O Terán - International Journal of Social Research Methodology - rofasss.org
This special issue appeared following a series of articles in RofASSS regarding the polemic
around Agent-Based Modelling (ABM) prediction (https://rofasss. org/tag/prediction-thread/) …

[HTML][HTML] Tag Archives: complex systems

O Terán - International Journal of Social Research Methodology - rofasss.org
This special issue appeared following a series of articles in RofASSS regarding the polemic
around Agent-Based Modelling (ABM) prediction (https://rofasss. org/tag/prediction-thread/) …

[HTML][HTML] Monthly Archives: September 2023

G Polhill, A Heppenstall, M Batty, D Salt, R Colasanti… - rofasss.org
In the past decade we have seen considerable gains in the amount of data and
computational power that are available to us as scientific researchers. Whilst the …