Category Archives: Agent-Based Models

Game Theory on Networks: An In Silico Laboratory

Posted on October 2, 2011 by Gregory Todd Jones

Dan Katz, from Michigan Political Science, the Center for the Study of Complex Systems, and Computational Legal Studies, is including a simulation platform that I wrote in NetLogo as part of the curriculum at the ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political … Continue reading →

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Generative Social Science

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Gregory Todd Jones

If you enjoyed Josh Epstein and Robert Axtell’s Growing Artificial Societies, you’ll love Epstein’s newer work which “consolidates his interdisciplinary research activities in the last decade.” The book begins with some foundational material which lays out Epstein’s notion of generative … Continue reading →

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The Emergence of Costly Punishment

Posted on August 27, 2011 by Gregory Todd Jones

Christoph Hauert, at the Program for Evolutionary Dynamics at Harvard (update: now at British Columbia), and colleagues have a recent paper which addresses the “second order social dilemma” that arises from cooperators who may free-ride by failing to engage in … Continue reading →

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