Abstract

Computer simulation is a powerful tool for social scientists, but popular platforms require representing the semantics of the model being simulated in computer code, leading to models that are either expensive to construct, inefficient, or inaccurate. We introduce SCAMP (Social Causality using Agents with Multiple Perspectives), a social simulator that uses stigmergy to execute models that are written as concept maps and spreadsheets, without requiring any programming expertise on the part of the modeler. This Repast-based framework has been extensively exercised in the DARPA Ground Truth program to generate realistic social data for analysis by social scientists.

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