Multi-Agent Modeling Toolkit – MAMT

2014 ◽  
Vol 49 ◽  
pp. 215-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Umar Manzoor ◽  
Bassam Zafar
Keyword(s):  
Agent Modeling ◽  
Multi Agent ◽  
Modeling Toolkit

Experiences creating three implementations of the repast agent modeling toolkit

2006 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. North ◽  
Nicholson T. Collier ◽  
Jerry R. Vos
Keyword(s):  
Agent Modeling ◽  
Modeling Toolkit

The Science of Social Emergence

2009 ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Keith Sawyer
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Study ◽  
Multi Agent Systems ◽  
Agent Communication ◽  
Agent Modeling ◽  
Agent Systems ◽  
Agent Communication Languages ◽  
Interaction Processes ◽  
Multi Agent ◽  
Rigorous Study ◽  
Social Emergence

Sociology should be the foundational science of social emergence. But to date, sociologists have neglected emergence, and studies of emergence are more common within microeconomics. Moving forward, I argue that a science of social emergence requires two advances beyond current approaches—and that sociology is better positioned than economics to make these advances. First, consistent with existing critiques of microeconomics, I argue that we need a more sophisticated representation of individual agents. Second, I argue that multi-agent models need a more sophisticated representation of interaction processes. The agent communication languages currently used by multi-agent systems researchers are not appropriate for modeling human societies. I conclude by arguing that the scientific study of interaction and emergence will have to migrate out of microeconomics and become a part of sociology. Sociologists, for their part, should embrace multi-agent modeling to pursue a more rigorous study of these traditional sociological issues.

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