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The aim of the model is to simulate migrations of social groups over certain geographical regions. The people move in search of better work opportunities and welfare. The main model components are regions and individuals belonging to certain social groups. The region is characterized by more than 30 parameters, such as geographical data, actual population statistics, education facilities, and work opportunities, among others. For the social groups, the parameters include the demographic and educational statistics. The simulated individuals attempt to optimize their welfare by moving over the model map. The region parameters change due to the number and the parameters of incoming individuals, which provides a dynamic and nonlinear feedback. The qualitative results show that the model never reaches a steady state and that the social groups remain in periodical movement. The random walk, welfare-looking migration, spontaneous migration, as well as movements caused by the gregarious (herd) instinct are simulated. The simulations are agent-based. No differential equations or any extant theory or mathematical model is used.
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Raczynski, S. (2020). Influence of the Gregarious Instinct and Individuals’ Behavior Patterns on Macro Migrations: Simulation Experiments. In: Interacting Complexities of Herds and Social Organizations. Evolutionary Economics and Social Complexity Science, vol 19. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9337-2_6
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