Validation in agent-based models: An investigation on the CATS model

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 67, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 947-964

  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

ACE models; Calibration; CATS model; Industrial dynamics; Statistical size distributions; Validation

Indexed keywords

EID: 49049119940     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2007.08.008     Document Type: Article

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