A Multi-agent Model for the Micro-to-Macro Linking Derived from a Computational View of the Social Systems Theory by Luhmann

Authors:
Vera Lúcia Silva;Maria Graças Bruno Marietto;Carlos H. Ribeiro
Affiliations:
Technological Institute of Aeronautics, Computer Science Division, , São Paulo, Brazil;Centre of Mathematics, Computation and Cognition, Santo André, Federal University of ABC, São Paulo, Brazil;Technological Institute of Aeronautics, Computer Science Division, , São Paulo, Brazil
Venue:
Multi-Agent-Based Simulation VIII
Year:
2008

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Abstract

Even though questions related to the micro-macro relationship are fundamentally important for understanding and modeling social systems, important theoretical gaps on this issue continue to exist in the Agent-Based Social Simulation (ABSS) area. To address it we consider a model that explicitly links the micro-level individual communications with the macro-level social phenomena, building up an important formal tool for analyzing social processes and their dynamics in a bottom-up approach. The model lays out a series of key elements from Niklas Luhmann's Systems Theory and concepts from ABSS.