?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=How+are+physical+and+social+spaces+related%3F%0A%E2%80%93+cognitive+agents+as+the+necessary+%E2%80%9Cglue%E2%80%9D&rft.creator=Edmonds%2C+Dr+Bruce&rft.subject=Social+simulation&rft.subject=Social+Psychology&rft.description=There+have+been+very+few+models+which+explicitly+include+actions+and+effects+within+a+physical+space+as+well+as+communication+and+action+within+a+social+space.++This+paper+argues+that+such+models+will+be+necessary+if+we+are+to+understand+how+and+why+human+entities+organise+themselves+in+physical+space.++A+consequence+of+such+models+will+involve+a+move+away+from+relatively+simple+individual-based+simulations+towards+more+complex+agent-based+simulations+due+to+the+necessary+encapsulation+of+the+agents+who+act+in+space+and+communicate+with+peers.++Thus+some+sort+of+cognitive+agency+will+be+necessary+to+connect+the+communication+with+the+action+of+the+individuals.++This+parallels+Carley%E2%80%99s+call+for+social+network+models+to+be+agentified+(Carley).%0A%0AThus+this+paper+argues+that+such+agency+will+be+unavoidable+in+adequate+models+of+the+spatial+distribution+of+human-related+actors+and%2C+further%2C+that+the+spaces+within+which+action+and+communication+occur+will+have+to+be%2C+at+least+somewhat%2C+distinct.++Thus+the+burdon+of+proof+is+upon+those+modellers+who+omit+such+aspects.+%0A%0ATo+establish+the+potential+importance+of+the+interplay+between+social+and+physical+spaces%2C+and+to+illustrate+the+approach+I+am+suggesting%2C+I+exhibit+a+couple+of+agent-based+simulations+which+involve+both+physical+and+social+spaces.++The+first+of+these+is+an+abstract+model+whose+purpose+is+simply+to+show+how+the+topology+of+the+social+space+can+have+a+direct+influence+upon+spatial+self-organisation%2C+and+the+second+is+a+more+descriptive+model+which+aims+to+show+how+a+suitable+agent-based+model+may+inform+observation+of+social+phenomena+by+suggesting+questions+and+issues+that+need+to+be+investigated.&rft.date=2003&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4261%2F1%2Fhapassr.pdf&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4261%2F2%2Fhapassr.html&rft.identifier=++Edmonds%2C+Dr+Bruce++(2003)+How+are+physical+and+social+spaces+related%3F+%E2%80%93+cognitive+agents+as+the+necessary+%E2%80%9Cglue%E2%80%9D.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4261%2F