• DocumentCode
    3444341
  • Title

    Collective Action and Agent-Based Models: Adding Diversity to a Rational Choice Model

  • Author

    Mattar, L. ; Reis, B.P.W.

  • Author_Institution
    Political Sci. Dept., UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    24-25 Oct. 2010
  • Firstpage
    41
  • Lastpage
    46
  • Abstract
    Integrating "diversity" into rational choice models is key to achieve interesting results on collective action in which there is alternation between cooperation and defection in a feedback way. As agent-based models are useful tools to handle flexible assumptions on strategic behavior in simulated environments, in this paper it is shown how this methodological approach could help to reach this objective.
  • Keywords
    decision theory; social sciences; agent based model; collective action; diversity integration; rational choice model; Adaptation models; Automata; Biological system modeling; Cultural differences; Game theory; Games; Production; agent-based models; collective action theory; cooperation; diversity; game theory; public choice; rational choice theory; rationality; social norms; social science; solidarity; values;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Social Simulation (BWSS), 2010 Second Brazilian Workshop on
  • Conference_Location
    Sao Bernardo do Campo, Sao Paulo
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0895-4
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-0-7695-4471-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/BWSS.2010.11
  • Filename
    6030012