Agent-based computational models

• Main Author: Flache, Andreas (auth)
• Other Authors: de Matos Fernandes, Carlos A. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Cheltenham Edward Elgar Publishing 2021
• Series: Research Handbooks in Sociology series
• Subjects: JHBA; JHB; JHBC; Analytical sociology; social mechanisms; agent-based modelling; models of social networks and mechanisms; explanatory sociology; micro-macro models; computational social sciences; network mechanisms
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Agent-based computational modeling (ABCM) plays a central role in Analytical Sociology (AS). ABCM attracts analytical sociologists because it combines analytic precision, ability to capture complex micro-macro interactions and flexibility to accommodate empirically realistic assumptions. This chapte...