By Thorid Wagenblast1, Nicholas Roxburgh2 and Alessandro Taberna3 1 Delft University of Technology, 0009-0003-5324-37782 The James Hutton Institute, 0000-0002-7821-18313 CMCC Foundation - Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change, RFF-CMCC European Institute on Economics and the Environment, 0000-0002-0207-4148 Introduction Most agent-based models (ABMs) are designed around the assumption of a broadly stable system architecture. Whether exploring emergent dynamics or testing the effects of external interventions or stressors, such models typically operate with a fixed ontology – predefined agent types, attribute classes, behavioural repertoires, processes, and social and institutional structures.

By Peter Steiglechner1, Marijn Keijzer2 1 Complexity Science Hub, Austria; [email protected] Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse, France Abstract ‘Noisy’ behavior, belief updating, or decision-making is universally observed, yet typically treated superficially or not even accounted for at all by social simulation modelers. Here, we show how noise can affect model dynamics and outcomes, argue why injecting noise should become a central part of model analyses, and how it can help our understanding of (our mathematical models for) social behavior.

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