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The representation of human behavior and cognition continues to challenge the modeling and simulation community. The use of survey and polling instruments to inform belief states, issue stances and action choice models provides a compelling means of developing models and simulations with empirical data. Using these types of data to population social simulations can greatly enhance the feasibility of validation efforts, the reusability of social and behavioral modeling frameworks, and the testable reliability of simulations. We provide a case study demonstrating these effects, document the use of survey data to develop cognitive models, and suggest future paths forward for social and behavioral modeling.
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Alt, J.K., Lieberman, S. (2010). Developing Cognitive Models for Social Simulation from Survey Data. In: Chai, SK., Salerno, J.J., Mabry, P.L. (eds) Advances in Social Computing. SBP 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6007. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12079-4_40
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