Matthew Reichert, Miguel Garces, Ian S. Lustick

This poster was presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting on August 29th, 2014 in Washington, D.C.

We attempt to build a multi-level agent-based model that combines micro-level interactions within an agent landscape and macro-level rationalistic decision-making processes. Adapted from James Fearon’s bargaining model of war, two agent-based landscapes attempt to bargain in order to avoid costly war. Without perfect information, war sometimes occurs and we investigate the potential landscape-level causes.

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