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Agent-based Models

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioWhy Model?

Joshua M. Epstein, October 31, 2008, Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation

Based on a keynote address, Joshua M. Epstein discusses and challenges enduring misconceptions about modeling, offering sixteen reasons other than prediction to build a model. Read More

Agent-based Models

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioUnderstanding Strategic Learning through Game Theory and Agent-Based Modeling

H. Peyton Young, July 13, 2008, The Brookings Institution

Peyton Young addresses his recent game theory and agent-based modeling work in the Presidential Address to the World Congress of the Game Theory Society at Northwestern University. Read More

Agent-based Models, Productivity

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioA Complex Systems Approach to Understanding and Combating the Obesity Epidemic

Ross A. Hammond, June 17, 2008, The Brookings Institution

In his latest working paper, CSED Fellow Ross A. Hammond says that obesity is a substantial and growing public health crisis worldwide. Many of its features—breadth of scale, diversity in actors, and multiplicity of mechanisms—are hallmarks of a complex adaptive system. Thus, according to Hammond, the lessons and tools of complexity science can help us better understand and combat the obesity epidemic. Read More

Health Care, Agent-based Models

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioAgent-Based Modeling: New Methods in Estimating Impact

Shubha Chakravarty, April 15, 2008, Gates Foundation Grand Challenge 9 Meeting

On April 15, 2008 CSED affilate Shubha Chakravarty presented a talk on agent-based modeling at the Gates Foundation Grand Challenge 9 Meeting in Kampala, Uganda. The meeting focused on new progress in developing bio-fortified staple crop species, yielding discussion of using agent-based modeling to study crop diseases and genetic drift of new plant varieties.

 

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Agent-based Models

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioArtificial Society: Getting Clues on How a Pandemic Might Happen by Creating a Huge Model of the United States

Joshua M. Epstein, April 02, 2008, Federal News Radio AM 1050

With the possibility of a national or international emergency, people need to know how to best be prepared. Joshua M. Epstein discusses how agent-based computational modeling has the ability to create artificial societies to model human behavior in an emergency situation. Read More

Agent-based Models, Homeland Security, Health Care, Public Health

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioQ&A With Joshua Epstein on Computational Modeling

Joshua M. Epstein, March 19, 2008, Brookings Institution

CSED Director and Economic Studies Senior Fellow Joshua Epstein explains his breakthrough computational modeling work, with a focus on how agent-based modeling can help explain human behavior as well as make strides in the public health field. Read More

Agent-based Models, Public Health, Quality-of-Life Issues

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioA Hybrid Epidemic Model: Combining the Advantages of Agent-based and Equation-based Approaches

Georgiy Bobashev, Joshua M. Epstein, D. Michael Goedecke and Feng Yu, Winter 2007, Winter Simulation Conference

With Feng Yu, Brookings Senior Fellow Joshua M. Epstein and Nonresident Fellows Georgiy V. Bobashev and D. Michael Goedecke introduce a hybrid Agent-based and Equation-based model that can dramatically save time and can better describe epidemiological processes involving human behavioral response. Read More

Social Norms, Agent-based Models

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioA Flexible, Large-Scale, Distributed Agent Based Epidemic Model

Jon Parker, December 2007, CSED Working Paper No. 52

Jon Parker describes a distributed agent-based epidemic model that is capable of easily simulating several hundred million agents and discusses the overall design of the model. Read More

Agent-based Models

PAST EVENT

Save to My PortfolioAgent-Based Modeling and Spatial Population Dynamics Workshop

Friday, December 07, 2007
12:00 PM to 05:00 PM
Washington, DC

The Brookings Center on Social and Economic Dynamics and the Metropolitan Policy Program jointly hosted an NICHD funded Agent Based Modeling and Spatial Population Dynamics Workshop at the Brookings Institution. Researchers from across the country attended the workshop to discuss current projects, to gain insight into agent-based modeling, and to unearth issues for future research collaboration. Read More

Demographics, Social Norms, Migration, Agent-based Models

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioA Complex Systems Approach to Understanding and Reversing the Obesity Epidemic

Ross A. Hammond, November 08, 2007, 2007 Health Challenge Think Tank

An event brought together top international obesity experts—from academia, government, industry, and non-profit—to work toward a comprehensive approach to the worldwide obesity pandemic. Brookings’s Ross Hammond discussed how insights and techniques pioneered at CSED can play a key role in facilitating an integrated approach. Read More

Health Care, Agent-based Models, Social Norms, Global Health

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioInnovation Diffusion in Heterogeneous Populations: Contagion, Social Influence, and Social Learning

H. Peyton Young, October 2007, CSED Working Paper No. 51

H. Peyton Young analyzes the effect of incorporating heterogeneity into three broad classes of models -- contagion, social influence, and social learning. Read More

Social Norms, Agent-based Models

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioCoupled Contagion Dynamics of Fear and Disease: Mathematical and Computational Explorations

Joshua M. Epstein, Jon Parker, Derek Cummings and Ross A. Hammond, October 2007, CSED Working Paper No. 50

Coupled Contagion Dynamics of Fear and Disease: Mathematical and Computational ExplorationsCSED Working Paper # 50 by Joshua M. Epstein, Jon Parker, Derek Cummings, and Ross A. Hammond (October 2007). Read More

Social Norms, Agent-based Models

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioFinding Optimal Agent-Based Models

Ben Klemens, September 2007, CSED Working Paper No. 49

CSED Working Paper # 49 by Ben Klemens (September 2007) Read More

Agent-based Models, Technology

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioExploring Price-Independent Mechanisms in the Obesity Epidemic

Ross A. Hammond and Joshua M. Epstein, August 2007, CSED Working Paper No. 48

CSED Working Paper #48 by Ross A. Hammond and Joshua M. Epstein (August 2007) Read More

Social Norms, Agent-based Models

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioAgent Based Modeling: Population Health from the Bottom Up

Joshua M. Epstein, July 13, 2007, National Institutes of Health

Presentation by Joshua M. Epstein (07/13/07) Read More

Health Care, Agent-based Models, Social Norms

In Brief

The Agent-based Computational Modeling (ABM) technique pioneered at Brookings is an effective public policy research tool for complex social systems. ABM rigorously incorporates rich and diverse human behaviors; facilitates interdisciplinary research and stakeholder participation; and provides an efficient test-bed for the simulation of public policy interventions.

Featured Experts

Joshua M. Epstein

Joshua M. Epstein

Director, Center on Social and Economic Dynamics

A pioneer in agent-based computational modeling, Josh Epstein has recently done groundbreaking work on epidemics and bioterrorism. He has used computational modeling to study civil violence and smoking behavior.  


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H. Peyton Young

H. Peyton Young

Senior Fellow, Economic Studies

Peyton Young is an expert on social norms and how they affect the design of policy. He has also written extensively on political representation, voting, and distributive justice. He is the James Meade Professor of Economics at Oxford University.
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Ross A. Hammond

Ross A. Hammond

Fellow, Economic Studies

Ross Hammond’s expertise is in modeling complex dynamics of social, economic, and political systems using mathematical and agent-based computational methods. His current research topics include corruption, ethnocentrism, trust, behavioral epidemiology, and obesity.
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Q&A with Josh Epstein

Computational Modeling

"A high school math teacher in Omaha, Nebraska should be interested in the work at the Center on Social and Economic Dynamics because it makes the study of social dynamics fascinating ... And it’ll make kids thrilled with questions like, how do epidemics spread, how do fads start and stop, what are the spatial dynamics of disease, of violence, of all sorts of things .. "

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Spotlight

ExpertSarah A. Binder

Sarah Binder is an expert on Congress and legislative politics.  She is completing a project on the politics of advice and consent, and is at work on the politics of how Congress responds to financial crises.

ExpertMauricio Cárdenas

Mauricio Cárdenas is a senior fellow and director of the Latin American Initiative. Formerly minister of Economic Development and Transportation, and director of National Planning of Colombia, his research focuses on international and development economics. He is also the president of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA).

ExpertJulia B. Isaacs

Julia Isaacs focuses on public investments in children and how children are affected by national budgetary policies. A former federal budget analyst, she also researches the economic mobility of children and families across the income spectrum.

ExpertSuzanne Maloney

Suzanne Maloney studies Iran, the political economy of the Persian Gulf and Middle East energy policy. A former U.S. State Department policy advisor, she has also counseled private companies on Middle East issues.

TopicMigration

Migration is an issue that bridges Brookings’s expertise in domestic and foreign policy. In the United States, reforming immigration policy remains a subject of intense political debate. Globally, the unprecedented movement of people across borders raises issues in both industrialized countries and the developing world.

ExpertCarlos Pascual

Carlos Pascual is a former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. As vice president and director of Foreign Policy, he focuses on post-conflict stabilization and international security policy.

TOPICThe Presidential Transition

During the 77 days from the election to the Inauguration, Brookings experts will offer 12 "Memos to the President" on top policy priorities across the spectrum of domestic and global challenges, plus additional advice on transitioning from campaigning to governing.

ExpertEswar Prasad

Eswar Prasad, the Tolani Senior Professor of Trade Policy at Cornell University, is a senior fellow in Global Economy and Development. He was previously head of the Financial Studies Division and the China Division at the IMF.

ExpertHugh B. Price

Former president and chief executive officer of the National Urban League, Hugh Price is an expert on education, civil rights, equal opportunity and criminal justice. His 40-year career spans journalism, philanthropy, the law, and social advocacy.

ExpertDarrell M. West

Darrell M. West is the vice president and director of Governance Studies at Brookings. His studies include campaigns and elections, political advertising, mass media, public opinion, technology policy and electronic government.

ProgramGovernance Studies

Governance Studies explores political institutions of the United States and other democracies to assess how they govern, how their practices compare and how citizens and public servants can advance sound governance.

Research ProjectLatin America Initiative

The Latin America Initiative provides high-quality, in-depth, and independent research across a range of economic and political issues, and offers policy recommendations aimed at U.S. and Latin American policymakers.

ExpertMark B. McClellan

A medical doctor and economist, Mark McClellan works on promoting high-quality, innovative and affordable health care. Once commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration and administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Dr. McClellan now directs the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform.

Policy CenterEngelberg Center for Health Care Reform

The Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform provides practical solutions to achieve high-quality, innovative, affordable health care with particular emphasis on identifying opportunities on the national, state and local levels.

ExpertRebecca Blank

Rebecca Blank is an expert on the interaction between the macroeconomy, government anti-poverty programs, and the behavior and well being of low-income families. She has just been named the Robert S. Kerr senior fellow at Brookings.

Research ProjectThe Hamilton Project

The Hamilton Project produces research and policy proposals on how to create a growing economy that benefits more Americans. Their agenda also focuses on enhancing individual economic security and effective public investments. 

ExpertDouglas W. Elmendorf

Doug Elmendorf, whose government posts have included the Federal Reserve, Treasury, Council of Economic Advisors, and CBO, focuses his research on macroeconomics and fiscal policy. He is co-editor of the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity and director of The Hamilton Project, which develops proposals for shared growth.

ExpertMartin S. Indyk

Ambassador to Israel and assistant secretary of state for near east affairs during the Clinton Administration, Martin Indyk directs the Saban Center for Middle East Policy. He currently focuses on the Clinton administration’s diplomacy and the Arab-Israeli conflict.