Examining social processes with agent-based models |
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Authors: | Chad W Seagren |
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Institution: | (1) Operations Research Department, Naval Postgraduate School, 1411 Cunningham Road, Monterey, CA 93943, USA |
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Abstract: | It is plain that the Austrian revival that began in the 1970s has yet to succeed in convincing the mainstream of the academy
to jettison their physics-based mathematical models in favor of the sort of models and forms of argumentation that contemporary
Austrians advocate. Agent-based computational modeling is still in its relative infancy but is beginning to gain recognition
among economists disenchanted with the neoclassical paradigm. The purpose of this paper is to assuage concerns that readers
might have regarding methodological consistency between agent-based modeling and Austrian economics and to advocate its adoption
as a means to convey Austrian ideas to a wider audience. I examine models developed and published by other researchers and
ultimately provide an outline of how one might develop a research agenda that leverages this technique. I argue that agent-based
modeling can be used to enhance Austrian theorizing and offers a viable alternative to the neoclassical paradigm. |
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