{"pk":38219,"title":"An Abstract Model of Historical Processes","subtitle":null,"abstract":"A theoretical model is presented which provides a way to simulate, at a very abstract level, power struggles in the social world. In the model, agents can benet or harm each other, to varying degrees and with diering levels of inuence. The agents interact over time, using the power they have to try to get more of it, while being constrained in their strategic choices by social inertia. The outcomes of the model are probabilistic. More research is needed to determine whether the model has any empirical validity.","language":"en","license":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0","short_name":"CC BY 4.0","text":"Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\n\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"},"keywords":[{"word":"Theoretical History"},{"word":"Political Sociology"},{"word":"agent-based simulation"},{"word":"Game theory"},{"word":"Balance of Power"},{"word":"Conflict Studies"},{"word":"interdependence"}],"section":"Article","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9sv1d0h8","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Michael","middle_name":"","last_name":"Poulshock","name_suffix":"","institution":"Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law","department":"None"}],"date_submitted":"2016-08-17T02:06:00Z","date_accepted":"2016-08-17T02:06:00Z","date_published":"2017-07-01T07:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cliodynamics/article/38219/galley/28769/download/"}]}