HOW A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK CAN HELP TO DESIGN MODELS FOLLOWING DECREASING ABSTRACTION

In this paper we propose a framework, named DAMMASS, standing for Decreasing Abstraction Methodology for Multi-Agent Social Simulation, elaborated for the design and the implementation of individual-based social models. Its main characteristic is modularity. It recovers two major features. The first feature is the modularity of the modelling process: following the decreasing abstraction methodology uses a collection of models growing from very simple and

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