Ebook: Advances in Social Simulation: Proceedings of the 9th Conference of the European Social Simulation Association

This book is the conference proceedings of ESSA 2013, the 9^th Conference of the European Social Simulation Association. ESSA conferences constitute annual events, which serve as an international platform for the exchange of ideas and discussion of cutting-edge research in the field of social simulations, both from the theoretical as well as applied perspective. This book consists of 33 articles, which are divided into four themes: Methods for the development of simulation models, Applications of agent-based modeling, Adaptive behavior, social interactions and global environmental change and using qualitative data to inform behavioral rules. We are convinced that this book will serve interested readers as a useful compendium which presents in a nutshell the most recent advances at the frontiers of social simulation research.

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This book is the conference proceedings of ESSA 2013, the 9^th Conference of the European Social Simulation Association. ESSA conferences constitute annual events which serve as an international platform for the exchange of ideas and discussion of cutting-edge research in the field of social simulations, both from the theoretical as well as applied perspective. This book consists of 33 articles, which are divided into four themes: Methods for the development of simulation models, Applications of agent-based modeling, Adaptive behavior, social interactions and global environmental change and Using qualitative data to inform behavioral rules. We are convinced that this book will serve interested readers as a useful compendium which presents in a nutshell the most recent advances at the frontiers of social simulation research.

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This book is the conference proceedings of ESSA 2013, the 9^th Conference of the European Social Simulation Association. ESSA conferences constitute annual events which serve as an international platform for the exchange of ideas and discussion of cutting-edge research in the field of social simulations, both from the theoretical as well as applied perspective. This book consists of 33 articles, which are divided into four themes: Methods for the development of simulation models, Applications of agent-based modeling, Adaptive behavior, social interactions and global environmental change and Using qualitative data to inform behavioral rules. We are convinced that this book will serve interested readers as a useful compendium which presents in a nutshell the most recent advances at the frontiers of social simulation research.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages 1-9
Towards Validating Social Network Simulations....Pages 1-12
On the Quality of a Social Simulation Model: A Lifecycle Framework....Pages 13-23
A New Framework for ABMs Based on Argumentative Reasoning....Pages 25-36
Testing Model Robustness – Variation of Farmers’ Decision-Making in an Agricultural Land-Use Model....Pages 37-48
Agent-Based Dynamic Network Models: Validation on Empirical Data....Pages 49-60
Analyzing the Problem of the Modeling of Periodic Normalized Behaviors in Multiagent-Based Simulation of Social Systems: The Case of the San Jerónimo Vegetable Garden of Seville, Spain....Pages 61-72
Saddle Points in Innovation Diffusion Curves: An Explanation from Bounded Rationality....Pages 73-82
Estimation of Production Rate Limits Using Agent-Based Simulation for Oil and Gas Plants Safety....Pages 83-94
Moral Guilt: An Agent-Based Model Analysis....Pages 95-106
Punishment and Gossip: Sustaining Cooperation in a Public Goods Game....Pages 107-118
How Much Rationality Tolerates the Shadow Economy? – An Agent-Based Econophysics Approach....Pages 119-128
Studying Possible Outcomes in a Model of Sexually Transmitted Virus (HPV) Causing Cervical Cancer for Poland....Pages 129-141
The Interaction of Social Conformity and Social orientation in Public Good Dilemmas....Pages 143-154
Effects of Corporate Tax Rate Cuts on Firms’ Investment and Valuation: A Microsimulation Approach....Pages 155-165
Growing Inequality, Financial Fragility, and Macroeconomic Dynamics: An Agent Based Model....Pages 167-176
By the Numbers: Track Record, Flawed Reviews, Journal Space, and the Fate of Talented Authors....Pages 177-188
Simulating Innovation: Comparing Models of Collective Knowledge, Technological Evolution and Emergent Innovation Networks....Pages 189-200
Grand Canonical Minority Game as a Sign Predictor....Pages 201-212
Agent-Based Models for Higher-Order Theory of Mind....Pages 213-224
Adaptive Learning and Quasi Fictitious Play in “Do-It-Yourself Lottery” with Incomplete Information....Pages 225-236
Agent Based Simulation of Drought Management in Practice....Pages 237-248
Changing Climate, Changing Behavior: Adaptive Economic Behavior and Housing Markets Responses to Flood Risks....Pages 249-258
Diffusion Dynamics of Electric Cars and Adaptive Policy: Towards an Empirical Based Simulation....Pages 259-270
Simulating Opinion Dynamics in Land Use Planning....Pages 271-282
Agent-Based Evolving Societies....Pages 283-294
Agent-Based Case Studies for Understanding of Social-Ecological Systems: Cooperation on Irrigation in Bali....Pages 295-305
Narratives of a Drought: Exploring Resilience in Kenya’s Drylands....Pages 307-317
Towards a Context- and Scope-Sensitive Analysis for Specifying Agent Behaviour....Pages 319-331
Participatory Policy Making in Practice: Simulating Boundary Work in Water Governance....Pages 333-342
An Adaptation of the Ethnographic Decision Tree Modeling Methodology for Developing Evidence-Driven Agent-Based Models....Pages 343-350
Grounded Simulation....Pages 351-359
Generating an Agent Based Model from Interviews and Observations: Procedures and Challenges....Pages 361-372
Defining Relevance and Finding Rules: An Agent-Based Model of Biomass Use in the Humber Area....Pages 373-384
Back Matter....Pages 385-386