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Until the development of MAS in the 1990s, computer simulations of social phenomena primarily used analytics, or equation-based modeling (EBM). Examples include the utility functions of rational choice theory (e.g., Coleman 1990) and the system dynamics of macro-sociological and organizational models (e.g., Forrester 1968). In EBM, the model is a set of equations (typically differential or difference equations), and the execution of the simulation consists of evaluating the equations (Halpin 1999; Parunak, Savit, and Riolo 1998). Many sociologists are under the impression that EBM is the only computer simulation tool available to them; social simulation is considered to be a part of the American Sociological Association section on mathematical sociology. Recent survey articles on sociological simulation neglect MAS completely or mention them only in passing (Halpin 1999; Hanneman, Collins, and Mordt 1995; Meeker and Leik 1997).

Until the development of MAS in the 1990s, computer simulations of social phenomena primarily used analytics, or equation-based modeling (EBM). Examples include the utility functions of rational choice theory (e.g., Coleman 1990) and the system dynamics of macro-sociological and organizational models (e.g., Forrester 1968). In EBM, the model is a set of equations (typically differential or difference equations), and the execution of the simulation consists of evaluating the equations (Halpin 1999; Parunak, Savit, and Riolo 1998). Many sociologists are under the impression that EBM is the only computer simulation tool available to them; social simulation is considered to be a part of the American Sociological Association section on mathematical sociology. Recent survey articles on sociological simulation neglect MAS completely or mention them only in passing (Halpin 1999; Hanneman, Collins, and Mordt 1995; Meeker and Leik 1997).

在1990年代MAS发展之前，计算机对社会现象的模拟主要是分析或基于方程的模拟（EBM）。包括理性选择理论的效用函数（例如，Coleman 1990）以及宏观社会学和组织模型的系统动力学（例如，Forrester 1968）。在EBM中，模型是一组方程（通常是微分或差分方程），模拟过程包括评估方程（Halpin 1999；Parunak，Savit和Riolo 1998）。许多社会学家对EBM印象是唯一可用的计算机模拟工具。社会模拟被认为是“美国社会学协会”关于数学社会学的一部分。最近有关社会学模拟的调查文章完全忽略了MAS或仅顺便提及了它们（Halpin 1999； Hanneman，Collins和Mordt 1995； Meeker和Leik 1997）。

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