This Uncategorized presents a Virtual Laboratory that enables the researcher to try hypotheses and confirm data analysis about different historical processes and cultural dynamics. This Virtual Cultural Laboratory (VCL) is developed using agent-based modeling technology. Individuals’ tendencies and preferences as well as the behavior of cultural objects in the transformation of cultural information are taken into consideration. In addition, the effect of local interactions at different scales over time and space is visualized through the VCL interface. Information repositories, cultural items, borders, population size, individual’s tendencies and other features are determined by the user. Finally, the researcher can also isolate specific factors whose effect on the global system might be of interest to the researcher.\All the code can be found at http://projects.cultureplex.ca/
A Virtual Laboratory for the Study of History and Cultural Dynamics
July 25, 2016
Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation
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Cultural Complexity, Cultural Dynamics, Multi-Agent Based Simulation, Netlogo, Virtual Laboratory
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