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Agent-Based Models of Polarization and Ethnocentrism

Agent-Based Models of Polarization and Ethnocentrism

Agent-Based Models of Polarization and Ethnocentrism

Michael Laver, New York University
April 2020
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    Building on the Cambridge Element Agent Based Models of Social Life: Fundamentals (Cambridge, 2020), we move on to the next level. We do this by building agent based models of polarization and ethnocentrism. In the process, we develop: stochastic models, which add a crucial element of uncertainty to human interaction; models of human interactions structured by social networks; and 'evolutionary' models in which agents using more effective decision rules are more likely to survive and prosper than others. The aim is to leave readers with an effective toolkit for building, running and analyzing agent based modes of social interaction.

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    April 2020
    Paperback
    9781108796408
    75 pages
    229 × 153 × 7 mm
    0.16kg
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    Table of Contents

    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Evolution of polarized public opinion
    • 3. Evolution of public opinion on a network
    • 4. Evolution of public opinion with cross-cutting cleavages
    • 5. Ethnocentrism.
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    • Michael Laver , New York University