@RofASSS

The Review of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation (https://nitter.cf/t.co/2PGvdnjE0B), is a site for comments, discussion etc. on social simulation issues.

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New contribution: “Theorywashing” – the practice of misattributing theory to impart academic credibility by Nanda Wijermans and Bruce Edmonds rofasss.org/2026/08/11/theor… #socialscience #simulation #abm #theory #justification #science

“Theorywashing” – the practice of misattributing theory to impart academic credibility

By Nanda Wijermans and Bruce Edmonds “Greenwashing” is when claims are made by organisations (usually companies) to mislead “the public to believe that a company or other entity is doing more to pr…

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New contribution: “Theorywashing” – the practice of misattributing theory to impart academic credibility by Nanda Wijermans and Bruce Edmonds rofasss.org/2026/08/11/theor… #socialscience #simulation #abm #theory #justification #science

“Theorywashing” – the practice of misattributing theory to impart academic credibility

By Nanda Wijermans and Bruce Edmonds “Greenwashing” is when claims are made by organisations (usually companies) to mislead “the public to believe that a company or other entity is doing more to pr…

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New RofASSS contribution: "Reciprocity Is Not Governance: a short comment on the social-contract metaphor in peer review" by Hugo Roger Paz #peerreview #norms #governance #contract #journals rofasss.org/2026/07/07/recip…

Reciprocity Is Not Governance: a short comment on the social-contract metaphor in peer review

A Comment on: Squazzoni, F. (2025) Editorial Note: We need to recognise that peer review is central to the ‘social contract’ of academic citizenship. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simu…

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New Contribution: A Reminder – computability limits on “vibe coding” ABMs by Bruce Edmonds. rofasss.org/2026/02/12/vibe #rofasss #ABM #agentbased #programming #LLMs #AI #vibecoding #computability

A Reminder – computability limits on “vibe coding” ABMs (using LLMS to do the programming for us)

By Bruce Edmonds Introduction Machine-learning systems, including Large Language Models (LLMs), are algorithms trained on large datasets rather than something categorically different. Consequently,…

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New Contribution: "Why Object-Oriented Programming is not the best method to implement Agent-Based models" by Martin Hinsch. rofasss.org/2026/02/03/oop #oop #abm #objectoriented #agent-based #agentbased #rofasss #simulation #modelling

Why Object-Oriented Programming is not the best method to implement Agent-Based Models

By Martin Hinsch Research Department of Genetics, Evolution and EnvironmentUniversity College London Introduction A considerable part of the history of software engineering consists of attempts to …

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Post by Thorid Wagenblast, Nick Roxburgh and Alessandro Taberna on "Modelling Deep Structural Change in ABSS" #abm #socialsimulation #rofasss rofasss.org/2025/08/08/struc…

Modelling Deep Structural Change in Agent-Based Social Simulation

By Thorid Wagenblast1, Nicholas Roxburgh2 and Alessandro Taberna3 1 Delft University of Technology, 0009-0003-5324-37782 The James Hutton Institute, 0000-0002-7821-18313 CMCC Foundation – Eur…

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New contribution by Peter Steiglechner and Marijn Keijzer: "Make some noise! Why agent-based modelers should embrace the power of randomness" #RofASSS #ABM #noise #randomness #robustness #socialsimulation #taxonomy #simulation #science #method #agentbased rofasss.org/2025/05/31/noise…
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About the first winner of ESSA's Rosaria Conte Outstanding Contribution Award for Social Simulation: Nigel Gilbert. #sociology #socialsimulation #abm #jasss #simsoc #essa rofasss.org/2025/03/04/nigel…
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A summary of the work and influence of Rosaria Conte (1952-2016) by Mario Paolucci. #abm #socialsimulation #psychology #immergence #agentbasedmodelling rofasss.org/2025/02/11/rosar…

Rosaria Conte (1952–2016)

By Mario Paolucci This is the “header piece” for a short series on those who have been awarded the “Rosaria Conte Outstanding Award for Social Simulation” awarded by the European Social Simulation …

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New @rofasss Comment on recent @JASSSJournal editorial on peer review by Paolo Galimberti: "Short comment on ‘‘Editorial Note: We need to recognise that peer review is central to the ‘social contract’ of academic citizenship” rofasss.org/2025/02/03/jasss…
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New article: "Quantum computing in the social sciences" by Emile Chappin and Gary Polihill. rofasss.org/2024/09/24/quant… #RofASSS #quantumcomputing #socialscience #abm #simulation #roadmap

Quantum computing in the social sciences

By Emile Chappin and Gary Polhill The dream What could quantum computing mean for the computational social sciences? Although quantum computing is at an early stage, this is the right time to dream…

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New RofASSS piece: Delusional Generality – how models can give a false impression of their applicability even when they lack any empirical foundation by Edmonds et al.
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New RofASSS piece: Delusional Generality – how models can give a false impression of their applicability even when they lack any empirical foundation by Bruce Edmonds, Dino Carpentras, Nick Roxburgh, Edmund Chattoe-Brown and Gary Polhill. #generality #abm #social #science
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New RofASSS piece: Delusional Generality – how models can give a false impression of their applicability even when they lack any empirical foundation by Edmonds et al.
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New article: How Agent-based Models Offer Insights on Strategies to Mitigate Soil Degradation in North Korea: A Conversation with Dr. Yoosoon An, by Hyesop Shin and Yoosoon An. rofasss.org/2023/10/25/Inter…
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New paper: "Exascale computing and ‘next generation’ agent-based modelling" by By Gary Polhill, Alison Heppenstall, Michael Batty, Doug Salt, Ricardo Colasanti, Richard Milton and Matt Hare rofasss.org/2023/09/29/exasc… #exascale #abm #socialsimulation

Exascale computing and ‘next generation’ agent-based modelling

By Gary Polhill, Alison Heppenstall, Michael Batty, Doug Salt, Ricardo Colasanti, Richard Milton and Matt Hare Introduction In the past decade we have seen considerable gains in the amount of data …

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A review of the special issue of IJSRM on "Agent-based Modelling as a Method for Prediction for Complex Social Systems" by Oswaldo Terán. #rofasss #prediction #abm #modelling #complexsystems @CElsenbroich @GaryPolhill rofasss.org/2023/09/28/revie…

Agent-based Modelling as a Method for Prediction for Complex Social Systems – a review of the...

International Journal of Social Research Methodology, Volume 26, Issue 2. By Oswaldo Terán Escuela de Ciencias Empresariales, Universidad Católica del Norte, Coquimbo, Chile This special issue appe…

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New article: "Policy modelling requires a multi-scale, multi-criteria and diverse-framing" approach by Gary Polhill and Juliette Rouchier. #RofASSS, #policy #modelling #simulation #covid rofasss.org/2023/07/31/polic…
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Last of the series on modelling for crises: "An Institute for Crisis Modelling (ICM) – Towards a resilience center for sustained crisis modeling capability" by Lorig, de Bruin, Borit, Dignum, Edmonds, Madden, Paolucci, Payette and Vanhée #crises #modelling rofasss.org/2023/05/22/icm/

An Institute for Crisis Modelling (ICM) – Towards a resilience center for sustained crisis modeling...

By Fabian Lorig1*, Bart de Bruin2, Melania Borit3, Frank Dignum4, Bruce Edmonds5, Sinéad M. Madden6, Mario Paolucci7, Nicolas Payette8, Loïs Vanhée4 *Corresponding author 1 Internet of Things and P…

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3rd in Crisis Modelling series: A Tale of Three Pandemic Models: Lessons Learned for Engagement with Policy Makers Before, During, and After a Crisis - Johansson, Nespeca, Sirenko, van den Hurk, Thompson, Narasimhan, Belfrage, Francesca Giardini, Melchior rofasss.org/2023/05/15/three…

A Tale of Three Pandemic Models: Lessons Learned for Engagement with Policy Makers Before, During,...

By Emil Johansson1,2, Vittorio Nespeca3, Mikhail Sirenko4, Mijke van den Hurk5, Jason Thompson6, Kavin Narasimhan7, Michael Belfrage1, 2, Francesca Giardini8, and Alexander Melchior5,9 Department o…

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