Laboratory of Agent Based Social Simulation - TopicsLaboratory of Agent Based Social Simulationtag:labss.istc.cnr.it,2005:d10a7d37f63b3b938471f5783c0a4beb/topicsTextpattern2024-03-19T12:58:38ZMario Paoluccimario.paolucci@gmail.comhttp://labss.istc.cnr.it/Federico Cecconi2022-10-16T16:59:00Z2022-10-16T17:09:52Z(Mis)information and online user behaviourtag:labss.istc.cnr.it,2022-10-16:d10a7d37f63b3b938471f5783c0a4beb/3079dd9357f55095f1eb793743328fa7Giulia Bonelli2017-12-20T07:52:01Z2020-01-13T11:22:25ZAgent-Based Modellingtag:labss.istc.cnr.it,2017-12-20:d10a7d37f63b3b938471f5783c0a4beb/e0c598f72d2419885cd9a830e867b6f5
Human social behaviour is incredibly difficult to model.
Simulating society is one of the main challenges of Agent-based modelling (ABM), which aims at reproducing some aspects of social life with computational models.]]>
Giulia Bonelli2017-12-19T12:01:56Z2018-03-28T11:27:11ZSignalling theorytag:labss.istc.cnr.it,2018-03-28:d10a7d37f63b3b938471f5783c0a4beb/8c1a6f57b00bdf0655dd6e44ebb871ba
Imagine that you want to get a job at an advertising company and want to convince the recruiters that you are highly committed. What could you do to convey your commitment to the company? And what should they be convinced by? Simple: take an action that is hard to fake by uncommitted job-seekers—the harder to fake the better. Presenting them with well-regarded past experience should be a good signal. Failing that, you could always stand outside their offices telling them that you will not leave until you get an interview (as one committed job-seeker did in London). This is a concrete application of signalling theory. ]]>
Giulia Bonelli2017-12-14T07:13:15Z2017-12-14T07:17:24ZOpinion dynamicstag:labss.istc.cnr.it,2017-12-14:d10a7d37f63b3b938471f5783c0a4beb/c6a668f3812aca8dcea0a3c283a38622
Whenever a major story breaks in the social media – from Brexit to the news that palm oil might cause cancer – it sparks animated debates. But can these discussions actually change people’s mind? And how do opinions create and evolve through society? The study of opinions using theoretical and numerical models has been one of the main goals of sociophysics until now, but these and several other key questions still remain unanswered. ]]>
Giulia Bonelli2017-06-01T08:00:14Z2017-12-20T07:59:21ZReputationtag:labss.istc.cnr.it,2017-07-14:d10a7d37f63b3b938471f5783c0a4beb/a1dff38e997d3876af6d024a778cdc7a
TripAdvisor. Airbnb. BlaBlaCar. We live in an online world increasingly powered by the star-ratings economy. Whenever we want to try a new restaurant, find a room for rent or catch a ride, we can rely on the user-generated content evaluating the place or service we’re looking for. So users can help each other out by sharing their information and experiences, in a continuously growing virtual village built on the rules of online reputation.]]>