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Intelligent Distributed Computing V pp 265–270Cite as

A Swarm Simulation Platform for Agent-Based Social Simulations

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The social sciences have long employed simulations and statistical models in their research methodology as testing and validation tools. Recent advances in complex networks have produced a set of new graph-based tools with which to study and characterize larges-scale, complex social data. We propose a swarm simulation platform that allows quick prototyping of agent-based social models, using an iterative simulation development cycle. This platform is designed to provide meaningful graph-based metrics of the social ties formed. A description of the system is given, as well as experimental results obtained from sample models.

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  1. Departamento de Ingeniería Informática, Escuela Politécnica Superior, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, C/Francisco Tomás y Valiente 11, 28049, Madrid, Spain

    Raul Cajias, Antonio González-Pardo & David Camacho

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  1. Faculty of Technology,Policy andManagement, Intelligent Interactive Dynamic Systems, Section Systems Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Jaffalaan 5, 2628BX, Delft, The Netherlands

    F. M. T. Brazier

  2. D-CIS lab, P.O. Box 90, 2600 AB, Delft, The Netherlands

    Kees Nieuwenhuis  & Gregor Pavlin  & 

  3. Faculty of Technology,Policy andManagement, Section Systems Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Jaffalaan 5, 2628BX, Delft, The Netherlands

    Martijn Warnier

  4. Faculty of Automatics, Computers and Electronics, Software Engineering Department, University of Craiova, Bvd. Decebal Nr. 107, 200440, Craiova, Romania

    Costin Badica

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Cajias, R., González-Pardo, A., Camacho, D. (2011). A Swarm Simulation Platform for Agent-Based Social Simulations. In: Brazier, F.M.T., Nieuwenhuis, K., Pavlin, G., Warnier, M., Badica, C. (eds) Intelligent Distributed Computing V. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 382. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-24013-3_28

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