Re: Regressions and Rules of behavior

[Marcus G. Daniels]

>>>>> "RM" == Rayman Mohamed <address@hidden> writes:

RM> can an agent say, for example, decide whether to go live
RM> somewhere based on a regression where some index is the dependent
RM> variable and there are a number of independent variable?  Then, if
RM> the dependent variable is within a certain range, the agent does
RM> one thing but if it is in another range, the agent does another?

Usually, you'd do it the other way around, i.e. use the simulation to
generate data from which you'd run a regression.

Usually, with agent-based modeling, you want agents described in such
a way they are comprehensible and tweakable as programs, otherwise you
may not have a clear picture of how many specific and individual
agents behavior(s) generate a global behavior.

So you might run a regression to identify gross variable relationships
and then use minor changes to agent rules and parameters to map out a
more-detailed texture.


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