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| Title |
On agent-based modeling and computational social science
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, July 2014
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00668 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Rosaria Conte, Mario Paolucci |
| Abstract |
In the first part of the paper, the field of agent-based modeling (ABM) is discussed focusing on the role of generative theories, aiming at explaining phenomena by growing them. After a brief analysis of the major strengths of the field some crucial weaknesses are analyzed. In particular, the generative power of ABM is found to have been underexploited, as the pressure for simple recipes has prevailed and shadowed the application of rich cognitive models. In the second part of the paper, the renewal of interest for Computational Social Science (CSS) is focused upon, and several of its variants, such as deductive, generative, and complex CSS, are identified and described. In the concluding remarks, an interdisciplinary variant, which takes after ABM, reconciling it with the quantitative one, is proposed as a fundamental requirement for a new program of the CSS. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 6 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 2 | 33% |
| Germany | 1 | 17% |
| Argentina | 1 | 17% |
| United States | 1 | 17% |
| Unknown | 1 | 17% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 5 | 83% |
| Scientists | 1 | 17% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 272 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 4 | 1% |
| Portugal | 2 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 2 | <1% |
| Sweden | 1 | <1% |
| Peru | 1 | <1% |
| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 260 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 80 | 29% |
| Researcher | 43 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 33 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 18 | 7% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 14 | 5% |
| Other | 41 | 15% |
| Unknown | 43 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 46 | 17% |
| Computer Science | 37 | 14% |
| Engineering | 28 | 10% |
| Psychology | 23 | 8% |
| Environmental Science | 21 | 8% |
| Other | 70 | 26% |
| Unknown | 47 | 17% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 11. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 May 2023.
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