An agent-based simulation study of the social contagion of divorce

An agent-base model based on an epidemiological SIRa model of infectious diseases is used for the simulation of the social contagion of divorce in this work. First, two simple SIR and SIRa models are implemented and the results of their simulation outcomes analyzed. Then, using machine learning classification models to predict the probability that each couple has of facing relationship instability, multiple modifications are introduced in the SIRa model. Having more realistic and heterogeneous agents in the agent-based simulation leads to more realistic and accurate results and less uncertainty in the outcomes of the simulation runs.

Grantor dc:publisher

Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)

Year dc:date.issued

2023

Author dc:creator

• Perez Visaires, Jon

• agent-based modeling
• agent-based simulation
• machine learning
• computational social science
• social contagion

Statement dc:rights

• CC BY-NC-ND

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10609/148860

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:openaccess.uoc.edu:10609/148860