When running agent-based simulations using ready-made components, one usually faces heterogenity problems both for the agents implementation and for the underlying platform. To circumvent these kind of hindrances, we introduce a wrapper technique for mapping the functionality of agents living in...

Das ZEW und die Universität Mannheim haben mit ihrem Computersimulationsprogramm "European TaxAnalyzer" die Auswirkungen der Steuerreformen in Deutschland und in Frankreich für eine repräsentative mittelständische Kapitalgesellschaft des verarbeitenden Gewerbes untersucht...

In this paper, we demonstrate some properties of Alpha-stable (stable) random variables and processes. It turns out that with the use of suitable statistical estimation techniques, computer simulation procedures and numerical discretization methods it is possible to construct approximations of...

We introduce Network Automata, a framework which couples the topological evolution of a network to its structure. To demonstrate its implementation we describe a simple model which exhibits behavior similar to the "Game of Life" before recasting some simple, well-known network models as Network...

Although alliance studies have generally favored an ambidextrous approach between exploration and exploitation, they tend to overlook a firm's characteristics, its industry constraints, or the dynamic network in which the firm is embedded. This study examines the ambidexterity hypothesis and its...

In this paper, we provide a quantitative approach to Frequency Domain Methodology (FDM) using harmonic analysis. For a certain class of metamodels, we give the frequency domain hypothesis and develop the corresponding hypothesis test. Minimum simulation model run length information for FDM is...

Increasingly, conjoint analysts are being asked to design and analyze studies involving large numbers of attributes and/or attribute levels. Various types of approaches, including attribute bridging, Adaptive Conjoint Analysis, and hybrid models have been proposed to deal with the problem. This...

In the study of large, complex computer simulation models the user is often overwhelmed by the vast number of input variables. Moreover, he or she is usually confused about how to make an effective analysis of the model without performing an excessive number of runs, which tend to be costly and...

Biproportional apportionment methods provide two-way proportionality in electoral systems where the electoral region is subdivided into electoral districts. The problem is to assign integral values to the elements of a matrix that are proportional to a given input matrix, and such that a set of...

The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the usefulness of Keynes' approach by modeling it using system dynamics. As this technique allows the researcher to place the analysis in time it is especially well suited to the task. It also allows us to see exactly which elements seem to create the...