Agent-based social simulation

The main purpose of ABSS is to provide models and tools for agent-based simulation of social phenomena.

Agent-based models can be used to simulate a wide variety of social phenomena, including transportation, market failures, cooperation and escalation and spreading of conflicts.

[3] The purpose of this model was simulation and research of social phenomena like seasonal migration, environmental pollution, procreation, combat, disease spreading and cultural features.

Epstein and Axtell's model was implemented using concepts from the "Game of Life" developed by John Horton Conway.

There are three main objects of scientific implementation of ABSS (Gilbert, Trotzsch; 2005) Like aspects involving its diffusion, dynamics or results.

Such basic models should be based on simple rules, so that a system's resulting emergent behavior can be easily observable.

An academic article investigates an agent-based simulation of information diffusion in Facebook online social network.