For the second time in two days, I came across the terms emic and etic, so it's time to have a bit more of a look into what they mean. This was prompted by a paper on JASSS1, which I found following up on the links between Prospect Theory and ABM. (Not while looking for ways to model crack dealers.)

1. 1. Agents in Living Color: Towards Emic Agent-Based Models

So, it's a good time to be in the Agent Based Modelling (ABM) business. More and more attention is being given to the idea that while we have a certain level of understanding of the physical, chemical and biological processes around climate change, in order to change what's happening, we need to look at the social systems which are contributing.

Wednesday morning was the main reason I was here - the symposium on "Agent-Based Modelling of Land-use Effects", organised by Gary Polhill.

The second day at US-IALE was mostly taken up with the Coupled Human and Natural Systems (CHANS) discussion.

This week I'm attending the US-IALE conference in Snowbird, Utah, with the tagline "Coupling Humans and Complex Ecological Landscapes".