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Everything about Social simulation
Research field that applies to methods of studying issues in social science
Social simulation is a research field that applies computational methods to study issues in the social sciences. The issues explored include problems in computational law, psychology, organizational behavior, sociology, political science, economics, anthropology, geography, engineering, archaeology and linguistics. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Social simulationA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: SocNavBench: A Grounded Simulation Testing Framework for Evaluating Social NavigationInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Thinking in systemsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Fiction: Simulation of Social WorldsCited 305 times
- Go sideways: Agent-based social simulationA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Computational sociologyA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Fiction: Simulation of Social Worlds
Social Simulation in the Social Sciences
Social explanation and computational simulation
Computerized Simulation in the Social Sciences
Cognitive Social Simulation Incorporating Cognitive Architectures
Social institution, cognition, and survival: a cognitive–social simulation
Forceps, Simulation, and Social Media
Computer simulation in social sciences
🆕 Influential since 2022
SocNavBench: A Grounded Simulation Testing Framework for Evaluating Social Navigation
Social Predictive Intelligent Driver Model for Autonomous Driving Simulation
Using simulation to prepare social work students for field education
Jubileo: An Immersive Simulation Framework for Social Robot Design
BotSim: LLM-Powered Malicious Social Botnet Simulation
📚 Books worth reading
Thinking in systemsDonella H. Meadows, Diana Wright · 2008
SIMSOCWilliam A. Gamson, Larry G. Peppers · 1969
The Use of models in the social sciencesLyndhurst Collins · 1976
Techniques of Event History ModelingHans-Peter Blossfeld, Gtz Rohwer · 2001
SIMSOC: Simulated societyWilliam A. Gamson · 1969- 📕A-Z of Digital Research MethodsCatherine Dawson · 2019
New Pathways in MicrosimulationGijs Dekkers, Marcia Keegan · 2014- 📕Simulating SocietiesNigel Gilbert · 1994
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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