scholarly journals Community-Based Adoption and Diffusion of Micro-Grids: Analysis of the Italian Case with Agent-Based Model

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Pasimeni
Keyword(s):  
Agent Based Model ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Italian Case ◽  
Adoption And Diffusion ◽  
Micro Grids ◽  
And Diffusion

Network Diffusion Under Homophily and Consolidation as a Mechanism for Social Inequality

2021 ◽  
pp. 004912412110142
Author(s):  
Linda Zhao ◽  
Filiz Garip
Keyword(s):  
Social Inequality ◽  
Social Ties ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Population Parameter ◽  
Agent Based Model ◽  
Differential Diffusion ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Intergroup Inequality ◽  
And Diffusion ◽  
Empirical Illustration

Network externalities (where the value of a practice is a function of network alters that have already adopted the practice) are mechanisms that exacerbate social inequality under the condition of homophily (where advantaged individuals poised to be primary adopters are socially connected to other advantaged individuals). The authors use an agent-based model of diffusion on a real-life population for empirical illustration and, thus, do not consider consolidation (correlation between traits), a population parameter that shapes network structure and diffusion. Using an agent-based model, this article shows that prior findings linking homophily to segregated social ties and to differential diffusion outcomes are contingent on high levels of consolidation. Homophily, under low consolidation, is not sufficient to exacerbate existing differences in adoption probabilities across groups and can even end up alleviating intergroup inequality by facilitating diffusion.

Simulations of an Agent-Based Model that Consists of a Large Number of Agents Moving Stochastically in a Wide Bounded Domain

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minoru Tabata ◽  
Akira Ide ◽  
Nobuoki Eshima ◽  
Kyushu Takagi ◽  
Yasuhiro Takei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bounded Domain ◽  
Agent Based Model ◽  
Agent Based
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