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Fertility decisions – simulation in an agent-based model (IFSIM)
2009. New frontiers in Microsimulation Modelling, Part III. Eds A Zaidi, A Harding, P Williamson. Ashgate.
The Origin of Status Inequality: A Simulation-Based Study
Gianluca Manzo, Sociology Sorbonne Status hierarchies have the characteristic of being increasingly asymmetric distributions that, however, never turn into winner-take-all structures. In this paper we
Effects of Sharing Parental Leave on Pensioners’ Poverty and Gender Inequality in Old Age. A simulation in IFSIM
This paper aims to study the theoretical linkages between the design of the pension system and that of the labor market and their interplay in determining poverty outcomes in old age, particularly fro
Jennifer Saul: Dogwhistles and Figleaves: Techniques of Racist Linguistic Manipulation
Professor Jennifer Saul, Director of Research, Department of Philosophy, University of Sheffield.ABSTRACTUntil recently, it was widely believed that explicit expressions of racism would doom a politic
Agent-based social simulations for health crises response: utilising the everyday digital health perspective
Frontiers in Public Health Abstract There is increasing recognition of the role that artificial intelligence (AI) systems can play in managing health crises. One such approach, which allows for analysin
Bo Rothstein: Should the Swedish Public Health Care be Nationalized? Consequences for Democracy, Legitimacy and Accountability.
Venue: Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13 in Stockholm Research seminar with Bo Rothstein, who holds the August Röhss Chair in Political Science at University of Gothenburg, a position est

Bo Rothstein: Should the Swedish Public Health Care be Nationalized?
Research seminar with Bo Rothstein, who holds the August Röhss Chair in Political Science at University of Gothenburg, a position established by a donation to the university in 1901. His research conc
IFSIM Handbook
This handbook explains the simulation model IFSIM, which is an agent based simulation model written in JAVA. The model is constructed for analyzing demographic and economic issues and its aim is to in
Pitfalls in Spatial Modelling of Ethnocentrism
Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation 16 (3) 2 http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/16/3/2.html Abstract Ethnocentrism refers to the tendency to behave differently towards strangers based only on
The transparency imperative: The need for model documentation for engaging with public policy following the EU AI Act
Conference paper, Annual Modeling and Simulation Conference (ANNSIM'25) Abstract The application of Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation (ABMS) has few established guidelines and oftensuffers from insuffdifferent types of model documentation in light of the European Union’s AI Act (AI Act). Our analysisreveals that best practices are often implemented together but ultimately reinforce the pre-existing viewthat ABMS frequently lacks adequate model documentation. This deficiency hinders evaluability, makingit difficult to conduct quality assurance prior to application and meaningful evaluation post application.We propose a framework that highlights the importance of different types of model documentation and theattributes they enable, which are valuable to both modelers and policy actors, albeit for different reasons.The AI Act provides a valuable opportunity to improve model documentation. By proactively developingand establishing guidelines, we can stay ahead of emerging legal requirements.