Paper Info
Title
Humans of Simulated New York (HOSNY): an exploratory comprehensive model of city life.
Abstract
The model presented in this paper experiments with a comprehensive simulant agent in order to provide an exploratory platform in which simulation modelers may try alternative scenarios and participation in policy decision-making. The framework is built in a computationally distributed online format in which users can join in and visually explore the results. Modeled activity involves daily routine errands, such as shopping, visiting the doctor or engaging in the labor market. Further, agents make everyday decisions based on individual behavioral attributes and minimal requirements, according to social and contagion networks. Fully developed firms and governments are also included in the model allowing for taxes collection, production decisions, bankruptcy and change in ownership. The contributions to the literature are multifold. They include (a) a comprehensive model with detailing of the agents and firmsu0027 activities and processes and original use of simultaneously (b) reinforcement learning for firm pricing and demand allocation; (c) social contagion for disease spreading and social network for hiring opportunities; and (d) Bayesian networks for demographic-like generation of agents. All of that within a (e) visually rich environment and multiple use of databases. Hence, the model provides a comprehensive framework from where interactions among citizens, firms and governments can be easily explored allowing for learning and visualization of policies and scenarios.
Year
Venue
Field
2017
arXiv: Multiagent Systems
Emotional contagion,Social network,Visualization,Simulation,Computer science,Multiple use,Bayesian network,Bankruptcy,Reinforcement learning
DocType
Volume
Citations 
Journal
abs/1703.05240
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
3
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Francis Tseng100.68
Fei Liu27319.32
Bernardo Alves Furtado302.37