Dynamics in human and primate societies: agent-based modeling of social and spatial processes
Dynamics in human and primate societies: agent-based modeling of social and spatial processes
Artificial Societies: The Computer Simulation of Social Life
Artificial Societies: The Computer Simulation of Social Life
MASON: A Multiagent Simulation Environment
Simulation
Simulation for the Social Scientist
Simulation for the Social Scientist
Managing Business Complexity: Discovering Strategic Solutions with Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation
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In recent years the interdisciplinary field of Computational Social Science has developed theory and methodologies for building spatial Agent-Based Social Simulation (ABSS) models of human societies that are situated in ecosystems with land cover and climate. This article explains the needs and demand for Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in these types of agent-based models, with an emphasis on models applied to Eastern Africa and Inner Asia and relevance for understanding and analyzing development issues. The models are implemented with the MASON (Multi-Agent Simulator Of Networks and Neighborhoods) system, an open-source simulation environment in the Java language and suitable for developing ABSS models with GIS for representing spatial features.