Can agent-based simulation models replicate organised crime?
The aim of the paper is to discuss the possibility of using complex software agents in a simulation model in order to represent and analyse the dynamics of certain types of criminal systems via Agent Based Modelling (ABM), in particular Extortion Racket Systems (ERSs). It presents a simulation model...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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14 November 2016
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Trends in organized crime
Year: 2017, Volume: 20, Issue: 1-2, Pages: [100]-119 |
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| Summary: | The aim of the paper is to discuss the possibility of using complex software agents in a simulation model in order to represent and analyse the dynamics of certain types of criminal systems via Agent Based Modelling (ABM), in particular Extortion Racket Systems (ERSs). It presents a simulation model and the results of a large number of runs to find out under which parameter constellations governing the normative behaviour of the software agents the model replicates the macro observations in a number of provinces in Southern Italy. Finally the simulation model is applied to analysing strategies and their effect on the behaviour of the agents and the system as a whole. |
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| Item Description: | Published: 14 November 2016 Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 118-119 |
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| ISSN: | 1936-4830 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s12117-016-9298-8 |