TUESDAY, 10 May

Modelling human-like decisions is an intrinsic component of any agent-based simulations. However, often the decision representation of observed behaviour is justified by ad-hoc explanations – making our models very specific, difficult to motivate, and dependent on extensive hidden implicit assumptions. We observe that many decision models share extensive commonalities – often implicitly: in nearly all models, agents actions are driven by and adapted to a ‘context’ and with an emphasis on ‘relational’ environment with other agents – social simulations require a society. In this session, we want to empower the participants with foundations from a cognitive perspective to strengthen the grounding and solidity of their decision models. We will organise an interactive session in which participants discuss re-conceptualising context and relationship; revisit their own models from this new perspective; and discuss the future of cognition-centred development for social simulation.

Schedule

11:15 – 11:20 Welcome
11:20 – 11:30 Intro & discussion cognitive component 1: context
11:30 – 11:50 Break out groups cognitive component 1: context
11:50 – 12:00 Gathering insights from discussions & Closing topic 1
12:00 – 12:10 Intro & discussion cognitive component 2: relation
12:10 – 12:30 Break out groups cognitive component 2: relation
12:30 – 12:40 Gathering insights from discussions & Closing topic 2
12:40 – 12:45 Closing

Given the hot discussion on the SimSoc mailing list a while back – with Edmund Chattoe-Brown throwing the proverbial stone in the SimSoc pond – where validation and (amongst others) opinion dynamics were debated, now we can have a synchronous follow-up on this with a group of invitees presenting their ideas and views, followed by Zoom break-outs in smaller groups before having another round.

Guests
Edmund Chattoe-Brown, University of Leicester, UK
Patrycja Antosz, Norce, Norway
Juliette Rouchier, Lamsade, France
Frank Dignum, Umeå University, Sweden
Wander Jager, University of Groningen, the Netherlands

Given the hot discussion on the SimSoc mailing list a while back – with Edmund Chattoe-Brown throwing the proverbial stone in the SimSoc pond – where validation and (amongst others) opinion dynamics were debated, now we can have a synchronous follow-up on this with a group of invitees presenting their ideas and views, followed by Zoom break-outs in smaller groups before having another round.

Guests
Edmund Chattoe-Brown, University of Leicester, UK
Patrycja Antosz, Norce, Norway
Juliette Rouchier, Lamsade, France
Frank Dignum, Umeå University, Sweden
Wander Jager, University of Groningen, the Netherlands