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Creating simulations for a crisis is not new. However, there have been no agent based social simulations that have been used during a crisis. In this chapter we describe the impact one can have with a simulation result, but also the requirements this poses on the simulation process. Basically it requires that one can quickly and flexibly generate many variations of scenarios, explain results in terms of the decision makers and extend the scenarios with new aspects that become important in a very short time.
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The authors would like to acknowledge the members of the ASSOCC team for their valuable contributions to this chapter. This research was partially supported by the Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program (WASP) funded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation.
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Dignum, F. (2021). The Real Impact of Social Simulations During the COVID-19 Crisis. In: Dignum, F. (eds) Social Simulation for a Crisis. Computational Social Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76397-8_11
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