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Empirically Based, Agent-based Models

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Type: Journal Article
Author: Janssen, Marco A.; Ostrom, Elinor
Journal: Ecology and Society
Volume: 11
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Date: 2006
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10535/2477
Sector: Theory
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Subject(s): agent-based computational economics
modeling
Abstract: "There is an increasing drive to combine agent-based models with empirical methods. An overview is provided of the various empirical methods that are used for different kinds of questions. Four categories of empirical approaches are identified in which agent-based models have been empirically tested: case studies, stylized facts, role-playing games, and laboratory experiments. We discuss how these different types of empirical studies can be combined. The various ways empirical techniques are used illustrate the main challenges of contemporary social sciences: (1) how to develop models that are generalizable and still applicable in specific cases, and (2) how to scale up the processes of interactions of a few agents to interactions among many agents."

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