Agent-Based Modeling

Due Date: February 10, 2017

Winter 2017

Psychology 120

Write a one-page summary of the paper “Us and Them.”

Your summary should include the following sections:

1. The Problem: What is the question or problem that the authors are trying to answer?

2. Agent-Based Simulation: Outline the agent-based simulation the authors developed including a description of  the rules that caused agents to form groups.

3. Main Results: What were the main results?

4. Discussion:

Go to their website: http://www.mpmlab.org/groups/ and explore their simulation.  Are their possible problems with their model.  Set transitivity to “None”, Reciprocity to “A Lot”, Trusting or Suspicious to “Trusting”.  Then try several simulations for the number of people set a 6, 10, 15, 20, and 25.  What in general happens when the number of people increases?

You can work with others in addressing these questions, but the review must be in your own words.   A review requires about a page single spaced because each section requires about a paragraph to answer.  Carefully proof read your review so that it reads well.   Send your review to jpjeff@ucdavis.edu and jcschank@ucdavis.edu.