Education and demonstration – Psychology
Reexamination Certificate
2005-08-12
2011-11-15
Gishnock, Nikolai A (Department: 3715)
Education and demonstration
Psychology
C703S014000, C706S013000, C705S037000, C463S001000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08057235
ABSTRACT:
An agent based model system provides simulation of the influence of environmental variables and tendencies in individual and social decision making relating to the formation of coalitions and ethnic groups. The system is based on improved understandings of human decision making under risk, and incorporates recent theoretical developments and computational tools. The system gives analysts the ability to predict the development of coalitions and ethnic groups, as well as the ability to manage the behavior of individuals in such groups. The model results provide confidence intervals for various possible scenarios in a mix of agents' decision rules and distribution of environmental resources. Applications include management of ethnic groups and violent conditions in unstable nations, the tracking of terrorist organizations, development of coalitions and oligopolies in business, and the modeling and interdiction of criminal organizations.
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Frederick William George
Kuznar Lawrence Anthony
Sedlmeyer Robert Louis
Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Gishnock Nikolai A
Purdue Research Foundation
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