Putnam's Social Capital Theory is a foundational framework for collective action and community prosperity. However, traditional empirical methods face practical limits on control and replication.
arXiv:2607. 13693v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: This book chapter covers the evolution of social simulation from classical agent-based models, in which agents interact according to explicitly defined behavioral rules, to AI-enhanced simulations based on Large Language Models and, ultimately, Social Digital Twins: high-fidelity, data-driven representations of real-world socio-technical systems.
By Erica Cau, Andrea Failla, Valentina Pansanella, Giulio Rossetti
arXiv:2506. 12078v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Understanding the dynamic evolution of complex social phenomena requires both high-fidelity modeling of human behavior and large-scale simulations.
By Haoxiang Guan, Jiyan He, Liyang Fan, Zhenzhen Ren, Shaobin He, Xin Yu, Yuan Chen, Xueyin Xu, Shuxin Zheng, Yan Gao, Enhong Chen, Tie-Yan Liu, Zhen Liu
arXiv:2510. 19299v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Can large language model (LLM) agents reproduce the complex social dynamics that characterize human online behavior -- shaped by homophily, reciprocity, and social validation -- and what memory and learning mechanisms enable such dynamics to emerge?
By Philipp J. Schneider, Lin Tian, Marian-Andrei Rizoiu
arXiv:2504. 09662v4 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Multi-agent large language model simulations have the potential to model complex human behaviors and interactions.
By Jenny Ma, Riya Sahni, Karthik Sreedhar, Lydia B. Chilton
arXiv:2406. 14373v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: The emergence of Large Language Models (LLMs) and advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI) offer an opportunity for computational social science research at scale.
By Gordon Dai, Weijia Zhang, Jinhan Li, Siqi Yang, Chidera Onochie lbe, Srihas Rao, Arthur Caetano, Misha Sra
arXiv:2607. 26588v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The rapid development of large language models (LLMs) has renewed interest in agent-based modeling (ABM).
By Shaopeng Wei, Yufei Cheng, Wenxi Sun, Yepeng Ding, Yu Zhao, Gang Kou
arXiv:2510. 05743v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: We review the historical development and current trends of artificially intelligent agents (agentic AI) in the social and behavioral sciences: from the first programmable computers, and social simulations soon thereafter, to today's experiments with large language models.
By Petter Holme, Milena Tsvetkova
arXiv:2606. 09198v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Deep Research agents powered by Large Language Models (LLMs) have exhibited extraordinary potential in automated paper writing tasks.
By Yongrui Liu, Deyi Xiong
arXiv:2604. 22748v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: As AI systems move from generating text to accomplishing goals through sustained interaction, the ability to model environment dynamics becomes a central bottleneck.
By Meng Chu, Xuan Billy Zhang, Kevin Qinghong Lin, Lingdong Kong, Jize Zhang, Teng Tu, Weijian Ma, Ziqi Huang, Senqiao Yang, Wei Huang, Yeying Jin, Zhefan Rao, Jinhui Ye, Xinyu Lin, Xichen Zhang, Qisheng Hu, Shuai Yang, Leyang Shen, Wei Chow, Yifei Dong, Fengyi Wu, Quanyu Long, Bin Xia, Shaozuo Yu, Mingkang Zhu, Wenhu Zhang, Jiehui Huang, Haokun Gui, Runyi Li, Shiyi Du, Xu Huang, Dong Huang, Rui Liu, Chenyu Tang, Xuhang Chen, Chengzu Li, Haoxuan Che, Long Chen, Qifeng Chen, Wenxuan Zhang, Wenya Wang, Xiaojuan Qi, Yang Deng, Yanwei Li, Mike Zheng Shou, Zhi-Qi Cheng, See-Kiong Ng, Ziwei Liu, Philip Torr, Jiaya Jia
arXiv:2608. 03910v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: As AI systems are deployed across increasingly diverse social contexts, alignment can no longer be framed as the optimization of a single, unified set of values.
By Matt Ratto, Abhishek Moturu, Daniel Silver
arXiv:2606. 08367v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Most evaluations of LLM agents look like exams: a discrete task, a clean environment, a score in minutes or hours.
By Deepak Akkil, Ravi Kokku, Karthik Vikram, Tamer Abuelsaad, Aditya Vempaty, Satya Nitta