Agent-based modelling and simulation (ABMS), whether simple toy models or complex data-
driven ones, is regularly applied in various domains to study the system-level patterns …

This chapter reflects on the models introduced so far in the book. It explores problems and
missing elements in the study of social norms, arguing that agent-based modelling has so …

The methodology of agent-based modelling is introduced. Using examples, terminology,
definitions, distinctions and problems are explicated. It is proposed that agent-based …

In this paper we assess the construct validity and theoretical emdeddedness of agent-based
models of normative behaviour drawing on experimental social psychology. We contend that …

Abstract Margaret Thatcher's “There is no such thing as society” is one of the defining
statements of her premiership, describing a world in which only individuals exist and each …

This chapter explores the importance of changing the individualist assumptions that underlie
most agent-based models (and all the models discussed in the book). Introducing the …

This paper describes the derivation of a software architecture (and its implementation called
EMIL-S) from a logical normative agent architecture (called EMIL-A). After a short …

An important aspect of social norms is their internalization, after which they produce
behaviour automatically, circumventing deliberation. Cognitive and emotional models of …

One of the areas of research agent-based modelling has been applied to is the study of
social norms. The question of social norms is how individual behaviour is constrained …