Re: Regressions and Rules of behavior

[Paul E Johnson]

Rayman Mohamed wrote:
> 
> 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?

Agents in the el farol model do that, don't  they? or at least rules do.

Also, in the artificial stock market, I think some agents can use
regression to predict future prices from old prices.

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