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Using an agent-based model to test institutional variation : creating a counterfactual world / Debra Leiter, Jack Reilly.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Leiter, Debra, author.
- Reilly, Jack, active 2019, author.
- Series:
- SAGE Research Methods. Cases.
- SAGE Research Methods. Cases
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Multiagent systems.
- Computer simulation--Methodology.
- Computer simulation.
- Voter turnout--Mathematical models--Research.
- Voter turnout.
- Third parties (United States politics).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- London : SAGE Publications Ltd, 2019.
- Summary:
- When examining institutions, we often wish we could create a counterfactual world--a world where everything but the institution itself is the same. Using agent-based models--computational models where we assign computer agents simple rules in a world we create and watch them interact--allows us to create and re-create the world as we see fit. Examining how party system size affects the way in which networks influence voter turnout, we use an extension of Fowler's Turnout in A Small World agent-based model to show that third-party entry can have a negative effect on turnout. We then test an element of the model using empirical (observable) data.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on XML content.
- ISBN:
- 1-5264-6465-9
- 9781526464651
- OCLC:
- 1084515974
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