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Replacing Sugarscape: A Comprehensive, Expansive, and Transparent Reimplementation

Authors : Nathaniel Kremer-Herman, Ankur Gupta

Published in: Simulation Tools and Techniques

Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland

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We provide the definitive implementation of the seminal agent-based societal simulation Sugarscape. Our implementation is fully-featured open source software [5] that aims to make Sugarscape available for use by researchers across disciplines. It includes an extensive validation of all results shown in Growing Artificial Societies [2]. We also discuss the significant challenges in modernizing this groundbreaking body of work.

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Title: Replacing Sugarscape: A Comprehensive, Expansive, and Transparent Reimplementation
Authors: Nathaniel Kremer-Herman
Ankur Gupta
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland
Book: Simulation Tools and Techniques
Print ISBN: 978-3-031-57522-8

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-031-57523-5

Copyright Year: 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-57523-5_7

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