Validating and calibrating agent-based models: A case study

Computational Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 245-264

  Bianchi, Carlo ^a   Cirillo, Pasquale ^b   Gallegati, Mauro ^c   Vagliasindi, Pietro A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agent based models; Calibration; EVT; Indirect inference; Size distribution; Tail analysis; Validation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34748824106     PISSN: 09277099     EISSN: 15729974     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10614-007-9097-z     Document Type: Article

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