Advances in Social Simulation: Proceedings of the 17th Social Simulation Conference, European Social Simulation Association [Hardcover]

This book highlights recent developments in the field of computer simulation and its application to social dynamics and behaviour. It covers latest advancements in the use of agent-based modelling by focusing on thematic issues, methodological progress and applications, including policy, industry and business. It aims to promote this interdisciplinary type of research by showing synergies, complementary and integration especially between computer sciences, social sciences, economics and organization, often bridging qualitative and quantitative research.

The primary audience of this book are academics, practitioners and professionals using computer simulation for business counselling or industry.  

The New Frontiers of Social Simulation in the Data Science Era: An Introduction to the Proceedings.- A Cognitive Model of Epistemic Vigilance in Situations of Varying Competence, Consistency, and Utility.- A Simple Model of Citation Cartels. When Self-Interest Strikes Science.- A Study on Multi-Scale Modeling in Social Simulation Focusing on Relationships among Decision-Makers.- A Theoretical Agent-based Model to Simulate the Rise of Complex Societies.- An Agent-Based Model of Prosocial Equilibrium: Simulating the Role of Religiously Motivated Behaviour in the Formation and Maintenance of Large-Scale Societies.- An Agent-Based Model of the Role of Epistemic Vigilance in Human Cooperation.- Attracted to Fish: A Gravity-based Model of Purse-seine Vessel Behaviour.- Dynamic of Pedestrians Flows During Daytime.- Evacuation Simulation for Large-Scale Urban Population.- Extending Partial-order Planning to Account for Norms in Agent Behavior.- From Threatening Pasts to Hopeful Futures, A Review of Agent-based Models of Anxiety.- Impact of Leader-follower Behavior on Evacuation Performance: An Exploratory Modeling Approach.- Relation Between the Public and the Private and Evolution of FoolÓ6