Review of Artificial Societies & Social Simulation

The Review of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation ( is a site for comments, discussion etc. on social simulation issues.

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New contribution requesting with requests for answers: Carlos Paes on "The crowd and the star: a small scapegoat model, eight pile-ons, and a request for suggestions" https://t.co/uYBQkVBGA2 #networks #memetics #pileons #scapegoating #socialscience #abm #simulation #netlogo

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New contribution: "Theory is Two-Faced and this can be a problem for modellers" by Bruce Edmonds. #abm #theory #inference #modelling #socialsimulation #simulation #RofASSS @bruceedmonds https://t.co/k3C3F1uTrG

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New contribution: “Theorywashing” – the practice of misattributing theory to impart academic credibility by Nanda Wijermans and Bruce Edmonds https://t.co/8oLfZ5q9aZ #socialscience #simulation #abm #theory #justification #science

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New contribution: “Theorywashing” – the practice of misattributing theory to impart academic credibility by Nanda Wijermans and Bruce Edmonds https://t.co/8oLfZ5q9aZ #socialscience #simulation #abm #theory #justification #science

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New RofASSS contribution: "Reciprocity Is Not Governance: a short comment on the social-contract metaphor in peer review" by Hugo Roger Paz #peerreview #norms #governance #contract #journals https://t.co/8Kmg61MYQ4

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New Contribution: A Reminder – computability limits on “vibe coding” ABMs by Bruce Edmonds. https://t.co/Y5tw5KWb04 #rofasss #ABM #agentbased #programming #LLMs #AI #vibecoding #computability

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New Contribution: "Why Object-Oriented Programming is not the best method to implement Agent-Based models" by Martin Hinsch. https://t.co/eQj7qfcszU #oop #abm #objectoriented #agent-based #agentbased #rofasss #simulation #modelling

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Post by Thorid Wagenblast, Nick Roxburgh and Alessandro Taberna on "Modelling Deep Structural Change in ABSS" #abm #socialsimulation #rofasss https://t.co/hlnYRFZm29

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New contribution by Peter Steiglechner and Marijn Keijzer: "Make some noise! Why agent-based modelers should embrace the power of randomness" #RofASSS #ABM #noise #randomness #robustness #socialsimulation #taxonomy #simulation #science #method #agentbased https://t.co/IGKzYdCUxg

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About the first winner of ESSA's Rosaria Conte Outstanding Contribution Award for Social Simulation: Nigel Gilbert. #sociology #socialsimulation #abm #jasss #simsoc #essa https://t.co/SmGnMsZubD

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A summary of the work and influence of Rosaria Conte (1952-2016) by Mario Paolucci. #abm #socialsimulation #psychology #immergence #agentbasedmodelling https://t.co/2cc9YpSZGt

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@yl_oswald This makes sense. It is easier to check that code and math is correct than a complex summary of a topic or similar. (Also of course code and math nerds are more likely to understand the tool, of course)

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New @rofasss Comment on recent @JASSSJournal editorial on peer review by Paolo Galimberti: "Short comment on ‘‘Editorial Note: We need to recognise that peer review is central to the ‘social contract’ of academic citizenship” https://t.co/t2GiLHQWLv

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New article: "Quantum computing in the social sciences" by Emile Chappin and Gary Polihill. https://t.co/wNTItgnW3a #RofASSS #quantumcomputing #socialscience #abm #simulation #roadmap

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New RofASSS piece: Delusional Generality – how models can give a false impression of their applicability even when they lack any empirical foundation by Edmonds et al.

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New RofASSS piece: Delusional Generality – how models can give a false impression of their applicability even when they lack any empirical foundation by Bruce Edmonds, Dino Carpentras, Nick Roxburgh, Edmund Chattoe-Brown and Gary Polhill. #generality #abm #social #science

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New RofASSS piece: Delusional Generality – how models can give a false impression of their applicability even when they lack any empirical foundation by Edmonds et al.

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New article: How Agent-based Models Offer Insights on Strategies to Mitigate Soil Degradation in North Korea: A Conversation with Dr. Yoosoon An, by Hyesop Shin and Yoosoon An. https://t.co/nqyZ3UhJQa

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New paper: "Exascale computing and ‘next generation’ agent-based modelling" by By Gary Polhill, Alison Heppenstall, Michael Batty, Doug Salt, Ricardo Colasanti, Richard Milton and Matt Hare
https://t.co/aIZosKMvBn #exascale #abm #socialsimulation

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A review of the special issue of IJSRM on "Agent-based Modelling as a Method for Prediction for Complex Social Systems" by Oswaldo Terán. #rofasss #prediction #abm #modelling #complexsystems @CElsenbroich @GaryPolhill https://t.co/p8tX6ju9Zv