Scenario Agent: A Rule-Based Model of Political Behavior for Use in Strategic Analysis.

Abstract

This Note describes a first-generation experimental computer model, Scenario Agent, as developed in Rand's Strategic Assessment Center in early 1981. Section II describes the Strategic Assessment Center and the role the Scenario Agent plays in it. Section III describes the conceptual approach taken in developing the Scenario Agent. Section IV discusses the Scenario Agent's inner workings in some detail so both programmers and non-programmers can understand them. Section V illustrates the results of using the Scenario Agent in a demonstration of the Strategic Assessment Center and discusses ideas of future refinement, some of which are now being implemented. Four appendixes list names of scenario entities, give examples of tabular scenario (tableau) and of a narrative scenario, and discuss rule-based modeling. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA114910

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  • James A. Dewar
  • Thomas L. Mcnaugher
  • William Schwabe

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  • RAND Corporation

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