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David Voas
sj-pdf-1-ssc-10.1177_08944393221082685 – Supplemental Material for Adapting Cohort-Component Methods to a Microsimulation: A case study
Supplemental Material, sj-pdf-1-ssc-10.1177_08944393221082685 for Adapting Cohort-Component Methods to a Microsimulation: A case study by Ivan Puga-Gonzalez, Rachel J. Bacon, David Voas, F. LeRon Shults, George Hodulik and Wesley J. Wildman in Social Science Computer Review
sj-pdf-1-ssc-10.1177_08944393221082685 – Supplemental Material for Adapting Cohort-Component Methods to a Microsimulation: A case study
Supplemental Material, sj-pdf-1-ssc-10.1177_08944393221082685 for Adapting Cohort-Component Methods to a Microsimulation: A case study by Ivan Puga-Gonzalez, Rachel J. Bacon, David Voas, F. LeRon Shults, George Hodulik and Wesley J. Wildman in Social Science Computer Review
Minority Integration in a Western City: An Agent-Based Modelling Approach
This chapter describes the design and construction of an agent-based model we refer to as the ‘Simulation of Extended Time Integration’ (SETI) model. This model was designed with the goal of obtaining a better understanding of the conditions and mechanisms leading to the structural, social, and cultural integration of minorities into large Western societies. SETI is a virtual society with structural (employment, income, education) and demographic (marriage, reproduction, life expectancy) variables typical of Westerns countries. Initialization occurs after a hypothesized immigration event in which a single minority population settles into the majority population, bracketing the first decade …
Adapting Cohort-Component Methods to a Microsimulation: A case study
Social scientists generally take United Nations (UN) population projections as the baseline when considering the potential impact of any changes that could affect fertility, mortality or migration, and the UN typically does projections using the cohort-component method (CCM). The CCM technique is computationally simple and familiar to demographers. However, in order to avoid the exponential expansion of complexity as new dimensions of individual difference are added to projections, and to understand the sensitivity of projections to specific conditions, agent-based microsimulations are a better option. CCMs can mask hidden assumptions that are surfaced by the construction of microsimulatio…
The Artificial Society Analytics Platform
Author's accepted manuscript Social simulation routinely involves the construction of artificial societies and agents within such societies. Currently there is insufficient discussion of best practices regarding the construction process. This chapter introduces the artificial society analytics platform (ASAP) as a way to spark discussion of best practices. ASAP is designed to be an extensible architecture capable of functioning as the core of many different types of inquiries into social dynamics. Here we describe ASAP, focusing on design decisions in several key areas, thereby exposing our assumptions and reasoning to critical scrutiny, hoping for discussion that can advance debate over be…