Agent Models of Political Interactions

These group interactions can appear to an outside observer to mimic the intelligence of a single entity. In social sciences some prominent theorists have discussed emergence - perhaps without even realising it. In all events, many social phenomena can be modeled using emergence. This paper discusses emergence as a tool of political analysis, examines existing political simulations, and proposes a simple simulation using an agent model to determine emergent characteristics of a political system. The paper is divided into three sections: First, a description of emergence in social science.