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Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) have great potential for explaining interactions among heterogeneous actors in complex environments: the primary task of social science. I shall argue that one factor hindering realisation of this potential is the neglect of systematic data use and appropriate data collection techniques. The discussion will centre on a concrete example: the properties of MAS to model innovation diffusion.
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Chattoe, E. (2002). Building Empirically Plausible Multi-Agent Systems. In: Dautenhahn, K., Bond, A., Cañamero, L., Edmonds, B. (eds) Socially Intelligent Agents. Multiagent Systems, Artificial Societies, and Simulated Organizations, vol 3. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47373-9_13
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