Social Simulation with RBC

Abstract

Social simulation is a cutting edge topic in an interdisciplinary field where Information Technology and Social Science overlap. In this paper, we set out the fundamental requirements for social simulation systems and demonstrate that Role-Based Collaboration (RBC) and the Environments – Classes, Agents, Roles, Groups, and Objects (E-CARGO) model is highly qualified to meet these requirements.As a case study, peer review is a typical social process, a part of which can be modeled as a role assignment problem. After we present the basics of a current typical peer review process, we apply RBC and E-CARGO model to renovate the process. Simulation experiments show the benefits of this improvement.