Agent-Based Modeling

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Agent-based modeling represents people, organizations, vehicles, or other entities as individual agents whose decisions and interactions generate system-level outcomes. Researchers use rule-based and game-theoretic models, networks, reinforcement learning, and increasingly large language models, sometimes combining these with equations or continuous simulations. Applications include epidemics, markets, traffic, evacuation, public policy, and social opinion, where simulations can test mechanisms and compare interventions that are difficult to study directly. A central challenge is establishing that model behavior is empirically credible and robust: richer, larger simulations can be harder to validate, and fluent language-model agents do not by themselves guarantee realistic collective behavior.

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  1. How memory can affect collective and cooperative behaviors in an LLM-Based Social Particle Swarm

    Apr 14, 2026Taisei Hishiki, Takaya Arita, Reiji SuzukiLarge Language Model-Based Social SimulationEmergent Behavior in Multi-Agent Systems

    Graduate School of Informatics, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan

  2. Collective Opinion Dynamics in Structured LLM Populations

    Apr 13, 2026Erica Cau, Andrea Failla, Giulio RossettiMulti-Agent LLM SystemsOpinion Dynamics

    Department of Computer Science, University of Pisa · ISTI-CNR

  3. A Dual-Positive Monotone Parameterization for Multi-Segment Bids and a Validity Assessment Framework for Reinforcement Learning Agent-based Simulation of Electricity Markets

    Apr 11, 2026Zunnan Xu, Zhaoxia Jing, Zhanhua PanAutomated BiddingConstrained RL

    School of Electric Power Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, Guangdong, China · Department of Engineering, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4PY, U.K.

  4. Statistical Model Checking of the Island Model: An Established Economic Agent-Based Model of Endogenous Growth

    Apr 6, 2026Stefano Blando, Giorgio Fagiolo, Daniele Giachini +2Statistical Model CheckingAgent-Based Modeling

    Institute of Economics and L'EMbeDS, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies · Institute of Economics and L’EMbeDS, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy · Swiss Finance Institute and University of Geneve +1

  5. LLM-Agent-based Social Simulation for Attitude Diffusion

    Apr 4, 2026Deepak John RejiLarge Language Model-Based Social SimulationComputational Social Science

    Department of Sociology, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

  6. From Model-Based Screening to Data-Driven Surrogates: A Multi-Stage Workflow for Exploring Stochastic Agent-Based Models

    Apr 3, 2026Paul Saves, Matthieu Mastio, Nicolas Verstaevel +1Sensitivity AnalysisAgent-Based Modeling

    IRIT, Université Toulouse Capitole, Toulouse, France

  7. STDDN: A Physics-Guided Deep Learning Framework for Crowd Simulation

    Apr 3, 2026Zijin Liu, Xu Geng, Wenshuai Xu +3Pedestrian Trajectory PredictionPhysics-Based Simulation

    School of Computer Science and Engineering, Beihang University, China · Beijing Digital Native Digital City Research Center, Beijing, China · School of Software, Beihang University, China

  8. Stabilising Generative Models of Attitude Change

    Apr 2, 2026Jayd Matyas, William A. Cunningham, Alexander Sasha Vezhnevets +3Computational Cognitive ModelingHuman Behavior Simulation

    Google DeepMind · University of Toronto · Caltech +1

  9. Optimizing Interventions for Agent-Based Infectious Disease Simulations

    Apr 2, 2026Anja Wolpers, Johannes Ponge, Adelinde M. UhrmacherAgent-Based Modeling

    University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany · University of Münster, Münster, Germany*

  10. RAINO: Anchoring Agents in Reality, A Systematic Review and Conceptual Framework for Realism in Agent-Based Modelling

    Mar 29, 2026Loïs Vanhée, Melania BoritAgent-Based Modeling

    Umeå Universitet; Umeå, Sweden · UiT The Arctic University of Norway; Tromsø, Norway

  11. Ultra-fast Traffic Nowcasting and Control via Differentiable Agent-based Simulation

    Mar 26, 2026Fumiyasu Makinoshima, Yuya Yamaguchi, Eigo Segawa +2Intelligent Transportation SystemsAgent-Based Modeling

    Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, Japan · Fujitsu Research of America, Pittsburgh, PA, USA · Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA +1

  12. EnvSocial-Diff: A Diffusion-Based Crowd Simulation Model with Environmental Conditioning and Individual-Group Interaction

    Mar 25, 2026Bingxue Zhao, Qi Zhang, Hui HuangPedestrian Behavior ModelingDiffusion Models for Motion Generation

    VCC, College of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Shenzhen University

  13. Separating Diagnosis from Control: Auditable Policy Adaptation in Agent-Based Simulations with LLM-Based Diagnostics

    Mar 24, 2026Shaoxin Zhong, Yuchen Su, Michael WitbrockAgent-Based Modeling

    University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

  14. Personality-Driven Student Agent-Based Modeling in Mathematics Education: How Well Do Student Agents Align with Human Learners?

    Mar 22, 2026Bushi Xiao, Qian ShenMathematics EducationHuman Behavior Simulation

    University of Florida

  15. The AI Scientific Community: Agentic Virtual Lab Swarms

    Mar 22, 2026Ulisses Braga-NetoAI for ScienceAutonomous Scientific Discovery

    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University

  16. Subjective-Graph LLM Agents for Simulating Uncertainty in Classroom Social Perception

    Mar 21, 2026Jinming Yang, Xinyu Jiang, Xinshan Jiao +1Multi-Agent LLM SystemsOpinion Dynamics

    Complex Lab, School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China · Department of Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong · School of Health and Medical Technology, Chengdu Neusoft University, Chengdu,2026 China

  17. Increasing intelligence in AI agents can worsen collective outcomes

    Mar 12, 2026Neil F. JohnsonMulti-Agent Resource AllocationMulti-Agent Coordination

    Dynamic Online Networks Laboratory and Physics Department, George Washington University, Washington D.C. 20052, USA

  18. Emotional Modulation in Swarm Decision Dynamics

    Mar 10, 2026David Freire-ObregónMulti-Agent ConsensusMulti-Agent Systems

    SIANI, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

  19. TerraLingua: Emergence and Analysis of Open-endedness in LLM Ecologies

    Mar 6, 2026Giuseppe Paolo, Jamieson Warner, Hormoz Shahrzad +3Open-Ended EvolutionEmergent Behavior in Multi-Agent Systems

    Cognizant AI Lab · The University of Texas at Austin

  20. The effect of a toroidal opinion space on opinion bi-polarisation

    Mar 5, 2026Frank P. Pijpers, Benedikt V. Meylahn, Michel R. H. MandjesOpinion DynamicsAgent-Based Modeling

    Statistics Netherlands The Hague · Korteweg-de Vries Institute for Mathematics University of Amsterdam Amsterdam · Institute of Physics Dutch Institute for Emergent Phenomena University of Amsterdam Amsterdam +1

  21. Multi-Agent-Based Simulation of Archaeological Mobility in Uneven Landscapes

    Mar 3, 2026Chairi Kiourt, Vassilis Evangelidis, Dimitris GrigoropoulosAgent-Based ModelingMulti-Agent Path Finding

  22. Agent-Based Simulation of Trust Development in Human-Robot Teams: An Empirically-Validated Framework

    Mar 1, 2026Ravi KalluriTrust in HRIHuman-Robot Collaboration

    College of Professional Studies, Northeastern University – San Jose, California, United States

  23. Agent-Based User-Adaptive Filtering for Categorized Harassing Communication

    Feb 28, 2026Zenefa Rahaman, Sandip SenSafety FilteringAgent-Based Modeling

    The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma

  24. ABM-UDE: Developing Surrogates for Epidemic Agent-Based Models via Scientific Machine Learning

    Feb 25, 2026Sharv Murgai, Utkarsh Utkarsh, Kyle C. Nguyen +3Neural Surrogate ModelingEpidemic Forecasting

    Monta Vista High School · MIT CSAIL · Sandia National Laboratories

  25. AI Agents Alone Are Not (Yet) Sufficient for Social Simulation

    Feb 19, 2026Yiming Li, Dacheng TaoLarge Language Model-Based Social SimulationHuman Behavior Simulation

    College of Computing and Data Science, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

  26. Modeling Trust and Liquidity Under Payment System Stress: A Multi-Agent Approach

    Feb 18, 2026Masoud AmouzgarHysteresisFinancial Services

    Sharif University of Technology, Computer Science · Head of Payments, blu Bank

  27. Neural Network-Based Parameter Estimation of a Labour Market Agent-Based Model

    Feb 17, 2026M Lopes Alves, Joel Dyer, Doyne Farmer +2Agent-Based ModelingSimulation-Based Inference

    Department of Computer Science Institute of New Economic Thinking University of Oxford Oxford, UK · Department of Computer Science University of Oxford Oxford, UK

  28. Enhancing Computational Efficiency in NetLogo: Best Practices for Running Large-Scale Agent-Based Models on AWS and Cloud Infrastructures

    Feb 17, 2026Michael A. Duprey, Georgiy V. BobashevAgent-Based Modeling

    RTI International

  29. Adapting Neural Posterior Estimators for Simulation-Based Inference in Agent-Based Models

    Jan 12, 2026Junyao Zhang, Jinglai Li, Junqi TangSimulation-Based InferenceNeural Posterior Estimation

    School of Mathematics, University of Birmingham

  30. TeraAgent: A Distributed Agent-Based Simulation Engine for Simulating Half a Trillion Agents

    Sep 28, 2025Lukas Breitwieser, Ahmad Hesam, Abdullah Giray Yağlıkçı +3Agent-Based ModelingHigh-Performance Computing

    ETH Zurich, Switzerland · Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands · CERN, Switzerland