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Computational Modeling of Culture’s Consequences

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Multi-Agent-Based Simulation XI (MABS 2010)

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This paper presents an approach to formalize the influence of culture on the decision functions of agents in social simulations. The key components are (a) a definition of the domain of study in the form of a decision model, (b) knowledge acquisition based on a dimensional theory of culture, resulting in expert validated computational models of the influence of single dimensions, and (c) a technique for integrating the knowledge about individual dimensions. The approach is developed in a line of research that studies the influence of culture on trade processes. Trade is an excellent subject for this study of culture’s consequences because it is ubiquitous, relevant both socially and economically, and often increasingly cross-cultural in a globalized world.

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  1. Wageningen University, Postbus 9109, 6700 HB, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    Gert Jan Hofstede

  2. Delft University of Technology, Mekelweg 4, 2628 CD, Delft, The Netherlands

    Gert Jan Hofstede & Catholijn M. Jonker

  3. LEI Wageningen UR, Postbus 29703, 2502 LS, Den Haag, The Netherlands

    Tim Verwaart

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  1. Faculty of Sciences, Department of Artificial Intelligence, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1081a,, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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  2. Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study, Center for Social Complexity, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, MS 6B2, 22030, Fairfax, VA, USA

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  3. Department of Mediametics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science, Delft University of Technology, Mekelweg 4, 2628, Delft, CD, The Netherlands

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Hofstede, G.J., Jonker, C.M., Verwaart, T. (2011). Computational Modeling of Culture’s Consequences. In: Bosse, T., Geller, A., Jonker, C.M. (eds) Multi-Agent-Based Simulation XI. MABS 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 6532. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18345-4_10

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