This article looks at 20 years of applications of agent‐based models (ABMs) in sociology
and, in particular, their explanatory achievements and methodological insights. These …

This article provides an overview of the social simulation approach to the study of social
phenomena. We focus especially on the relevance of heterogeneity of social behavior and …

Agent-based modeling (ABM) is a novel computational methodology for representing the
behavior of individuals in order to study social phenomena. Its use is rapidly growing in …

This paper addresses the background and current state of the field of agent-based
modelling and simulation (ABMS). It revisits the issue of ABMS represents as a new …

Education is a complex system, which has conceptual and methodological implications for
education research and policy. In this article, an overview is first provided of the Complex …

The proliferation of agent-based models (ABMs) in recent decades has motivated model
practitioners to improve the transparency, replicability, and trust in results derived from …

Agent-based simulation has become increasingly popular as a modeling approach in the
social sciences because it enables researchers to build models where individual entities …

Agent-based models are increasingly used to address questions regarding real-world
phenomena and mechanisms; therefore, the calibration of model parameters to certain data …

Understanding social-ecological systems (SES) is crucial to supporting the sustainable
management of resources. Agent-based modelling is a valuable tool to achieve this …

Untitled Page 1 Page 2 Doing Ethnography Page 3 SAGE was founded in 1965 by Sara Miller
McCune to support the dissemination of usable knowledge by publishing innovative and …