Regressions and Rules of behavior

[Rayman Mohamed]

Hi all:

When doing ABMs, is there a string no-no about regressions.   My concern is 
this: is it kosher to have a rule based on a regression -- can an agent 
say, for example, decide whether to go live somewhere based on a regression 
where some index is the dependent variable and there  are a number of 
independent variable?  Then, if the dependent variable is within a certain 
range, the agent does one thing but if it is in another range, the agent 
does another?

The reason I am asking is because none of the ABMs that I have seen take 
seem to use regressions at all.  Is this because it ascribes too much 
intelligence to the agent,
when one of the advantages of ABMs is that agents are not supposed to be 
smart.  Likewise, is it because it assumes that the agent has access to 
more information that ABMs generally allow?

Thanks for your insights,


Rayman 



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