Agent-Based Modeling and Network Dynamics

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Akira Namatame (Professor, Professor, Deparment of Computer Science, National Defence Academy of Japan) Shu-Heng Chen (Distinguished Professor, Distinguished Professor, Department of Economics, National Chengchi University, Taiwan)

Agent-Based Modeling and Network Dynamics

Akira Namatame (Professor, Professor, Deparment of Computer Science, National Defence Academy of Japan), Shu-Heng Chen (Distinguished Professor, Distinguished Professor, Department of Economics, National Chengchi University, Taiwan)

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English

Oxford University Press
11 February 2016

Econometrics; Combinatorics & graph theory; Mathematical modelling; Mathematical theory of computation

While the significance of networks in various human behavior and activities has a history as long as human's existence, network awareness is a recent scientific phenomenon. The neologism network science is just one or two decades old.

Nevertheless, with this limited time, network thinking has substantially reshaped the recent development in economics, and almost all solutions to real-world problems involve the network element. This book integrates agent-based modeling and network science. It is divided into three parts, namely, foundations, primary dynamics on and of social networks, and applications.

The authors begin with the network origin of agent-based models, known as cellular automata, and introduce a number of classic models, such as Schelling's segregation model and Axelrod's spatial game.

The essence of the foundation part is the network-based agent-based models in which agents follow network-based decision rules. Under the influence of the substantial progress in network science in late 1990s, these models have been extended from using lattices into using small-world networks, scale-free networks, etc.

The text also shows that the modern network science mainly driven by game-theorists and sociophysicists has inspired agent-based social scientists to develop alternative formation algorithms, known as agent-based social networks.

It reviews a number of pioneering and representative models in this family.

Upon the given foundation, the second part reviews three primary forms of network dynamics, such as diffusions, cascades, and influences.

These primary dynamics are further extended and enriched by practical networks in goods-and-service markets, labor markets, and international trade.

At the end, the book considers two challenging issues using agent-based models of networks: network risks and economic growth.

By: Akira Namatame (Professor Professor Deparment of Computer Science National Defence Academy of Japan), Shu-Heng Chen (Distinguished Professor, Distinguished Professor, Department of Economics, National Chengchi University, Taiwan)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 247mm, Width: 180mm, Spine: 27mm
Weight: 1g
ISBN: 9780198708285
ISBN 10: 0198708289
Pages: 342
Publication Date: 11 February 2016
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1: Introduction 2: Network awareness in agent-based models 3: Collective dynamics of adaptive agents 4: Agent-based models of social networks 5: Agent-based diffusion dynamics 6: Agent-based cascade dynamics 7: Agent-based influence dynamics 8: Economic and social networks in reality 9: Agent-based modeling of networking risks 10: Agent-based modeling of economic crises

"Prof. Dr. Akira Namatame received his Ph. D from Stanford University, USA, in 1979. He joined the Department of Computer Science at Japan Defense Academy in 1988. He was a visiting Professor at George Mason University, USA, and Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia. His research interests include multi-agents, evolutionary computation, game theory, social simulation, and computational social sciences. He has published 10 books and more than 250 refereed journal or conference papers. He is the editor-in-chief of ""the journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination"". Details of Akira Namatame can be found at http://www.nda.ac.jp/~nama. Prof. Dr Shu-Heng Chen Dr. holds a M.A. degree in mathematics and a Ph. D. in Economics from the University of California at Los Angeles, USA. He has more than 150 publications in international journals, edited volumes and conference proceedings. He has been invited to give keynote speeches and plenary talks on many international conferences. He also serves as the editor-in-chief of the Journal of New Mathematics and Natural Computation (World Scientific). Details of Shu-Heng Chen can be found at http://www.aiecon.org/."

Reviews for Agent-Based Modeling and Network Dynamics

The authors take a new look at agent-based modeling and network science. They investigate the complex network structures of interacting agents and discuss consensus formation in networks including regular and stubborn agents. The results may be applied to buyer-seller networks, to labor markets and world trade, to systemic risks and to defense strategies. The book is of high interest to all scientists of economics, social sciences, computer science, physics and biology working on agent based models.