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Re: Regressions and Rules of behavior
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Paul E Johnson |
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Re: Regressions and Rules of behavior |
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Mon, 18 Sep 2000 01:20:26 -0500 |
Rayman Mohamed wrote:
>
> Hi all:
>
> When doing ABMs, is there a string no-no about regressions. My concern is
> this: is it kosher to have a rule based on a regression -- can an agent
> say, for example, decide whether to go live somewhere based on a regression
> where some index is the dependent variable and there are a number of
> independent variable? Then, if the dependent variable is within a certain
> range, the agent does one thing but if it is in another range, the agent
> does another?
Agents in the el farol model do that, don't they? or at least rules do.
Also, in the artificial stock market, I think some agents can use
regression to predict future prices from old prices.
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