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Using values as drivers of behavior has already been done in previous research. One of the most well-known universal theories of values is Schwartz’s theory of abstract values. According to his theory, a universal set of abstract values can be imputed to people. As the values used in his system are very abstract, there is a need to translate the abstract values to more concrete values and assign the behavioral choices to them. A theory or methodology for this step has not been developed in a way that is widely applicable. Thus, a precise way of such a translation is necessary for practical purposes. In this paper, we design a practical but formal framework that can be used to study the value-driven behavior of agents in social simulations. We make an agent-based simulation for a fishery village that uses this framework.
The first author has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Framework Programme Marie Sk lodowska-Curie (MSC) – ITN – ETN programme (project 642080).
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Heidari, S., Jensen, M., Dignum, F. (2020). Simulations with Values. In: Verhagen, H., Borit, M., Bravo, G., Wijermans, N. (eds) Advances in Social Simulation. Springer Proceedings in Complexity. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34127-5_19
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