We analyze the dynamics of agent-based models (ABMs) from a Markovian perspective and derive explicit statements about the possibility of linking a microscopic agent model to the dynamical processes of macroscopic observables that are useful for a precise understanding of the model dynamics. In this way the dynamics of collective variables may be studied, and a description of macro dynamics as emergent properties of micro dynamics, in particular during transient times, is possible.
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Banisch, S., Lima, R., & Araújo, T. (2013). Aggregation and emergence in agent-based models: A Markov chain approach. In Springer Proceedings in Complexity (pp. 3–7). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00395-5_1
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