Agents Networks VI. Some Examples

Stephen Hawking has noted that the twenty first century will be the century of complexity. For much of the twentieth century social science has emulated the statistical methodologies of the natural sciences. While this has enhanced social science it has fallen short of capturing the complexity of the social realm. New models of adaptive agents may serve as a needed corrective that helps integrate individual behavior and social interaction in ways that improve social theory and inform public policy. Agent-based modeling raises serious questions concerning the application of the rational choice model to human economic actors