Multi-level agent-based modeling - A literature survey

TL;DR

This paper provides a comprehensive review of multi-level agent-based modeling, highlighting its theoretical foundations and diverse applications in social, biological, and biomedical domains over the past decade.

Contribution

It offers a structured survey of existing literature, emphasizing key theoretical contributions and application areas in multi-level agent-based modeling.

Findings

Significant growth in research interest over the last decade.

Diverse application domains including social, biological, and biomedical models.

Main theoretical frameworks and concepts identified.

Abstract

During last decade, multi-level agent-based modeling has received significant and dramatically increasing interest. In this article we present a comprehensive and structured review of literature on the subject. We present the main theoretical contributions and application domains of this concept, with an emphasis on social, flow, biological and biomedical models.