From Factors to Actors: Computational Sociology and Agent-based Modeling.

Sociologists often model social processes as interactions among variables. We review an alternative approach that models social life as interactions among adaptive agents who influence one another in response to the influence they receive. These agent-based models (ABMs) show how simple and predicta...

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Publicado en:Annual Review of Sociology Vol. 28; pp. 143 - 167
Autores principales: Macy, Michael W., Willer, Robert
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Annual Reviews Inc. 2002
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