Economist Critiques SFI-Style Agent-Based Modeling as a Failure

Economist Andrey Fradkin argues that SFI-style agent-based modeling has largely failed in economics, suffering from an "anything goes" syndrome that keeps it out of top journals and away from policy influence, warning that AI-era ABM may repeat these mistakes.

2026-11-01 ~ 2026-11-01 · 2 related posts

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