The "Wedding-Ring": An agent-based marriage model based on social interaction

In this paper we develop an agent-based marriage model based on social interaction. We build an population of interacting agents whose chances of marrying depend on the availability of partners, and whose willingness to marry depends on the share of relevant others in their social network who are al...

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Main Authors: Alexia Prskawetz, Thomas Fent, Belinda Aparicio Diaz, Francesco C. Billari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research 2007-08-01
Series:Demographic Research
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Online Access:http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol17/3/