Aligning simulation models: A case study and resultsSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 1 - Trang 123-141 - 1996
Robert Axtell, Robert Axelrod, Joshua M. Epstein, Michael D. Cohen
This paper develops the concepts and methods of a process we will call “alignment of computational models” or “docking” for short. Alignment is needed to determine whether two models can produce the same results, which in turn is the basis for critical experiments and for tests of whether one model can subsume another. We illustrate our concepts and methods using as a target a model of cultural tr...... hiện toàn bộ
Trust and relational capitalSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 17 - Trang 179-195 - 2011
Rino Falcone, Cristiano Castelfranchi
Trust can be viewed at the same time as an instrument both for an agent selecting the right partners in order to achieve its own goals, and for an agent of being selected from other potential partners in order to establish with them a cooperation/collaboration and to take advantage from the accumulated trust. In this paper we will analyze trust as the agents’ relational capital. Starting from the ...... hiện toàn bộ
Introduction: Considerations on the Logical Structure of Evolutionary TheoriesSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - - 2003
Jürgen Klüver
Evolutionary theories are characterised by another logic than the classical scientific theories as, e.g., in physics or chemistry. Since Darwin evolutionary processes are captured by algorithmic theories, i.e., theories whose logical core consists of certain fundamental algorithms. In the case of biological evolution this is a “genetic algorithm”, that is the processes of variation and selection. ...... hiện toàn bộ
PrefaceSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 10 Số 3 - Trang 203-204 - 2004
Giampiero E. G. Beroggi
Heterogeneity and increasing returns may drive socio-economic transitionsSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - - 2008
Gérard Weisbuch, Vincent Buskens, Luat Vuong
There are clear benefits associated with a particular consumer choice for many current markets. For example, as we consider here, some products might carry environmental or ‘green’ benefits. Some consumers might value these benefits while others do not. However, as evidenced by myriad failed attempts of environmental products to maintain even a niche market, such benefits do not necessarily outwei...... hiện toàn bộ
Object oriented modeling of social networksSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 2 - Trang 115-138 - 1996
Evelien P. H. Zeggelink, Reinier Van Oosten, Frans N. Stokman
The aim of this paper is to explain principles of object oriented modeling in the scope of modeling dynamic social networks. As such, the approach of object oriented modeling is advocated within the field of organizational research that focuses on networks. We provide a brief introduction into the field of social networks and present an overview of existing network models and methods. Subsequently...... hiện toàn bộ
Nonadditive Shortest Paths: Subproblems in Multi-Agent Competitive Network ModelsSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 6 - Trang 29-45 - 2000
Steven A. Gabriel, David Bernstein
A variety of different multi-agent (competitive) network models have been described in the literature. Computational techniques for solving such models often involve the iterative solution of “shortest” path subproblems. Unfortunately, the most theoretically interesting models involve nonlinear cost or utility functions and they give rise to nonadditive “shortest” path subproblems. This paper both...... hiện toàn bộ
Passing the buck in the garbage can model of organizational choiceSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 16 - Trang 113-143 - 2010
Guido Fioretti, Alessandro Lomi
We reconstruct Cohen, March and Olsen’s Garbage Can model of organizational choice as an agent-based model. In the original model, the members of an organization can postpone decision-making. We add another means for avoiding making decisions, that of buck-passing difficult problems to colleagues. We find that selfish individual behavior, such as postponing decision-making and buck-passing, does n...... hiện toàn bộ