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From KISS to TASS Modeling: A Preliminary Analysis of the Segregation Model Incorporated with Spatial Data on Chicago

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 October 2015

GAKU ITO  and
SUSUMU YAMAKAGE
GAKU ITO
Affiliation:
Department of Advanced Social and International Studies, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the University of Tokyogakuatgu@gmail.com
SUSUMU YAMAKAGE
Affiliation:
Professor of International Relations, Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyoyamakage@sipeb.aoyama.ac.jp
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Abstract

The ‘keep it simple, stupid’ slogan, or the KISS principle has been the basic guideline in agent-based modeling (ABM). While the KISS principle or parsimony is vital in modeling attempts, conventional agent-based models remain abstract and are rarely incorporated or validated with empirical data, leaving the links between theoretical models and empirical phenomena rather loose. This article reexamines the KISS principle and discusses the recent modeling attempts that incorporate and validate agent-based models with spatial (geo-referenced) data, moving beyond the KISS principle. This article also provides a working example of such time and space specified (TASS) agent-based models that incorporates Schelling's (1971) classic model of residential segregation with detailed geo-referenced demographic data on the city of Chicago derived from the US Census 2010.

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Research Article
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Japanese Journal of Political Science , Volume 16 , Issue 4 , December 2015 , pp. 553 - 573
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2015 

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