Agent-Based Simulation: Social Science Simulation and Beyond

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Emma Norling, Franziska Klügl

This course will provide an overview of agent-based simulation in general, with agent-based social simulation as a particular focus. We will look at the types of applications and domains for which agent-based simulation can be useful, and illustrate this with a series of examples. We will then use these examples to explore a range of conceptual issues  including the link between individual and group behaviour, complexity, level of detail, and size and scalability  as well as a number of technical details  size and scalability again, assumptions and sensitivity, and validation and verification. Finally, we will conclude with a summary of tools available for agent-based simulation.