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Agent-based modelling has a deep rich history. When it began in physics in the 1930s, it immediately resulted in key scientific breakthroughs. Through time, many disciplines both in and outside academia have adopted agent-based modelling for scientific investigation, especially where systems made up of people were concerned. All this makes it an ideal tool with which to investigate the economy.
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Gooding, T. (2019). Agent-Based Model History and Development. In: Economics for a Fairer Society. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17020-2_4
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