Agent-Based Modelling in Population Studies: Concepts, Methods, and Applications

In: The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis v.41

In: The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis Ser. v.41

Abstract

Preface -- Contents -- Contributors -- Part I Perspectives on Agent-Based Modelling in Population Studies -- 1 Introduction: Agent-Based Modelling as a Tool to Advance Evolutionary Population Theory -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Two Concepts of Population -- 1.3 How Agent-Based Modelling May Bridge the Two Approaches to Population -- 1.3.1 The Macro-Micro-Macro Model and Agent-Based Modelling -- 1.3.2 Empirical Calibration -- 1.3.3 Avoiding Potential Pitfalls -- 1.3.4 Bridging the Gap -- 1.4 Contributions to Agent-Based Modelling in this Book