AnyLogic Essays

Model Details An agent-based model was constructed to explore the emergence of trends each year as a function of varying levels of conformity in individuals. In the model, agents choose between two styles of facial hair (beard or non-beard) based on one of the two conformity strategies. Some of the agents are conformists; these agents adopt the most popular style of facial hair with probability p, where p is the proportion of agents who have adopted the most popular style. Other agents are “hipsters”;