Purshouse RC, Buckley C, Brennan A. Commentary on Antosz et al. (2023): The role of
macro-micro-macro frameworks and critical realism in agent-based modelling.
Environ Model Softw 2024;
173:105959. [PMID:
38406209 PMCID:
PMC10887422 DOI:
10.1016/j.envsoft.2024.105959]
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Abstract
Antosz and colleagues' review of the role of theory in agent-based modelling (ABM) makes important recommendations for modelling practitioners. However, macro-micro-macro frameworks are not necessarily as reliant on existing theory as the review suggests. Adopting a critical realist perspective to ABM design would help to deliver the recommendations, within which macro-micro-macro frameworks can play an important enabling role.
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