Can Agents Cover All the World

This paper tries to answer the question whether the multi-agent approach to social science simulation embeds all other types of social simulation, and in which cases it is sensible to use multi-agent methods for modeling. To find this answer, we classify earlier modeling approaches and discuss which kinds of agents must be used to replace a traditional model by a multi-agent model. We use a test case to analyze problems of compatibility between agent kinds and interaction modes.

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