Computer Simulations of Small Societies Under Social Transfer Systems
- 1 September 2013
- conference paper
- conference paper
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2013 BRICS Congress on Computational Intelligence and 11th Brazilian Congress on Computational Intelligence
Abstract
This work presents the implementation of an agent based model concept to simulate a sample of the German society under a governmental social transfer system. Subsequently the behavior of the model is analyzed under changing conditions in order to proof that it can be used for the simulation of real societies under similar conditions. An important objective is to give evidence on economic interdependencies between individual behavior, governmental interaction and macroeconomic outcomes. The model is based on the economic concept of Homo Oeconomicus, while it widens some restrictions of this concept aiming to create a framework that resembles reality more closely. Our analysis provides evidence that the model works reasonably well and can serve as a basis for more detailed investigations.Keywords
This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
- Studying Complex Adaptive SystemsJournal of Systems Science and Complexity, 2006
- Introduction to Evolutionary ComputingPublished by Springer Science and Business Media LLC ,2003
- Agent-Based Computational Economics: Growing Economies From the Bottom UpArtificial Life, 2002
- Co-evolving parasites improve simulated evolution as an optimization procedurePhysica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 1990
- Reference Group Influence on Product and Brand Purchase DecisionsJournal of Consumer Research, 1982
- Choice by eliminationJournal of Mathematical Psychology, 1972
- Dynamic models of segregation†The Journal of Mathematical Sociology, 1971
- Intransitivity of preferences.Psychological Review, 1969
- A Behavioral Model of Rational ChoiceThe Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1955