Agent-Based Modeling and Network Dynamics
Akira Namatame and Shu-Heng Chen
Abstract
The book integrates agent-based modeling and network science. It is divided into three parts, namely, foundations, primary dynamics on and of social networks, and applications. The book begins with the network origin of agent-based models, known as cellular automata, and introduce a number of classic models, such as Schelling’s segregation model and Axelrod’s spatial game. The essence of the foundation part is the network-based agent-based models in which agents follow network-based decision rules. Under the influence of the substantial progress in network science in late 1990s, these models h ... More
The book integrates agent-based modeling and network science. It is divided into three parts, namely, foundations, primary dynamics on and of social networks, and applications. The book begins with the network origin of agent-based models, known as cellular automata, and introduce a number of classic models, such as Schelling’s segregation model and Axelrod’s spatial game. The essence of the foundation part is the network-based agent-based models in which agents follow network-based decision rules. Under the influence of the substantial progress in network science in late 1990s, these models have been extended from using lattices into using small-world networks, scale-free networks, etc. The book also shows that the modern network science mainly driven by game-theorists and sociophysicists has inspired agent-based social scientists to develop alternative formation algorithms, known as agent-based social networks. The book reviews a number of pioneering and representative models in this family. Upon the given foundation, the second part reviews three primary forms of network dynamics, i.e., diffusions, cascades, and influences. These primary dynamics are further extended and enriched by practical networks in goods-and-service markets, labor markets, and international trade. The book ends with two challenging issues using agent-based models of networks, i.e., network risks and economic growth.
Keywords:
cellular automata,
network-based agent-based models,
agent-based models of social networks,
network-based decision rules,
network science,
collective behavior,
diffusion,
cascade dynamics,
influence dynamics,
systemic risk
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2016 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780198708285 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: March 2016 |
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198708285.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Akira Namatame, author
Professor, Deparment of Computer Science, National Defence Academy of Japan
Shu-Heng Chen, author
Distinguished Professor, Department of Economics, National Chengchi University, Taiwan
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