Evolutionary dynamics of spatial games
Proceedings of the NATO advanced research workshop and EGS topical workshop on Chaotic advection, tracer dynamics and turbulent dispersion
Sociology: a computational approach to sociological explanations
Social Science Computer Review - State of the art of computing in the social sciences, 1999
Simulation Model Design and Execution: Building Digital Worlds
Simulation Model Design and Execution: Building Digital Worlds
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Before running a model simulation, it is important to accumulate as much information about the model as possible. Although an analysis of relations among model components is considered a promising means of accomplishing this task, the social simulation literature offers very little guidance in performing such analyses. We use an analytical framework to demonstrate how model analysis can facilitate the simulation process, with the Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma serving as a primary example. Our results show that the analysis was helpful in identifying important strategies and simulation phenomena, thus reducing the amount of work required for the simulation. We suggest that this framework is applicable to other types of two-person matrix games, and that the methods we use are also suitable for other macro-or agent-based simulation models.