The Complexity of Social Norms (Computational Social Sciences) by Maria Xenitidou and Bruce Edmonds (eds.)

Three kinds of normative behaviour: minimal requirements for feedback models

We present an analysis for modelling social norms. In social psychology three different normative behaviours have been identified: obedience, conformity and compliance. We show that this triad is a useful conceptualisation of normative behaviour and that current models only ever deal with conformity and obedience two, neglecting compliance. We argue that this is a result from modelling having s...

Social Complexity of Immigration and Diversity

Construct Validity and Theoretical Embeddedness of Agent- based Models of Normative Behaviour

In this paper we assess the construct validity and theoretical emdeddedness of agent-based models of normative behaviour drawing on experimental social psychology. We contend that social psychology and agentoutcomes of the interaction of individual agents. The paper focuses on two from a taxonomy of agent-based models of normative behaviour. This enables the identification of the assumptions th...

Understanding Complex Systems Simulating Social Complexity

ion can be defined as “ignoring or hiding details to capture some kind of commonalitybetween different instances” (Free On-line Dictionary of Computing).26 Human Societies: Understanding Observed Social Phenomena713

Towards an Ideal Social Simulation Language

In this paper we discuss the purpose, design and direction of systems for the computational simulation of social phenomena. We do this by arguing and speculating about what an ideal system of this type might look like. We illustrate this with the tentative steps that have been made in this direction with respect to SDML. We hope that this will inform and stimulate the further development of soc...