Intra-group decision-making in agent-based models

Abstract Many agent-based models (ABMs) try to explain large-scale phenomena by reducing them to behaviors at lower scales. At these scales in social systems are functional groups such as households, religious congregations, coops and local governments. The intra-group dynamics of functional groups...

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Autores principales:	Allegra A. Beal Cohen, Rachata Muneepeerakul, Gregory Kiker
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:13fd1e8b6bf04adfa221fe93b69631152021-12-02T14:54:50ZIntra-group decision-making in agent-based models10.1038/s41598-021-96661-52045-2322https://doaj.org/article/13fd1e8b6bf04adfa221fe93b69631152021-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-96661-5https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Many agent-based models (ABMs) try to explain large-scale phenomena by reducing them to behaviors at lower scales. At these scales in social systems are functional groups such as households, religious congregations, coops and local governments. The intra-group dynamics of functional groups often generate inefficient or unexpected behavior that cannot be predicted by modeling groups as basic units. We introduce a framework for modeling intra-group decision-making and its interaction with social norms, using the household as our focus. We select phenomena related to women’s empowerment in agriculture as examples influenced by both intra-household dynamics and gender norms. Our framework proves more capable of replicating these phenomena than two common types of ABMs. We conclude that it is not enough to build multi-scale models; explaining social behaviors entails modeling intra-scale dynamics.Allegra A. Beal CohenRachata MuneepeerakulGregory KikerNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Allegra A. Beal Cohen Rachata Muneepeerakul Gregory Kiker Intra-group decision-making in agent-based models
description	Abstract Many agent-based models (ABMs) try to explain large-scale phenomena by reducing them to behaviors at lower scales. At these scales in social systems are functional groups such as households, religious congregations, coops and local governments. The intra-group dynamics of functional groups often generate inefficient or unexpected behavior that cannot be predicted by modeling groups as basic units. We introduce a framework for modeling intra-group decision-making and its interaction with social norms, using the household as our focus. We select phenomena related to women’s empowerment in agriculture as examples influenced by both intra-household dynamics and gender norms. Our framework proves more capable of replicating these phenomena than two common types of ABMs. We conclude that it is not enough to build multi-scale models; explaining social behaviors entails modeling intra-scale dynamics.
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Intra-group decision-making in agent-based models

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