Analysis and synthesis: multi-agent systems in the social sciences

Although they flow from a common source, the uses of multi-agent systems (or 'agent-based computational systems'--ACE) vary between the social sciences and computer science. The distinction can be broadly summarized as analysis versus synthesis, or explanation versus design. I compare and contrast these uses, and discuss sufficiency and necessity in simulations in general and in multi-agent systems in particular, with a computer science audience in mind.

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