A Computer Simulation Laboratory for Social Theories

  We   present   an   agent­based   model   that   employs  different   social   theories   and   their   combination   to  explain and predict social changes.  The model is set in  the context   of an armed   insurgency  in  a developing  country.    The model  can  be used  to evaluate which  theories work best in explaining and predicting events.  We demonstrate the capabilities of the model with two  news  report­based  scenarios.   In one,  we show how  three theories of followership may be compared, and in  the other we show how theories may be productively  combined.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2008
• Where: IAT
• Authors: Joseph M. Whitmeyer, Moutaz Khouja, Ted Carmichael, Amar Saric, Christopher N. Eichelberger, Min Sun, Mirsad Hadzikadic
• Keywords: Combination To Explain and predict social changes. The model is set in , IAT 2008, Intelligent Agent, In A developing Country, The context Of an armed Insurgency