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Agent-Based Models

By: Kathleen Carley & Brian Hirshman
In: Encyclopedia of Social Networks
Edited by: George A. Barnett
Subject:Group Processes/Dynamics, Social Networks
Keywords:agent-based models; agents; models and modeling; simulation modeling; simulations; social networks; topology

Agent-based modeling is a simulation technique that relies on the capabilities of individual actors, called agents, in order to model a global behavior. In an agent-based model (ABM), complex, system-level behavior emerges from the local action of, and interaction among, a ...

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  Carley, K., & Hirshman, B. (2011). Agent-based models. In G. A. Barnett (Ed.), Encyclopedia of social networks (Vol. 1, pp. 12-15). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412994170.n6
  
  Carley, Kathleen, and Brian Hirshman. "Agent-Based Models." In Encyclopedia of Social Networks, edited by Barnett, George A., 12-15. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412994170.n6.
  
  Carley, K. and Hirshman, B. 2011. Agent-Based Models. In: George A. Barnett Editor, 2011. Encyclopedia of Social Networks, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 12-15 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412994170.n6> [Accessed 15 Jun 2021].
  
  Carley, Kathleen and Brian Hirshman. "Agent-Based Models." Encyclopedia of Social Networks. Edited by George A. Barnett. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2011, pp. 12-15. SAGE Knowledge. 15 Jun 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412994170.n6.
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