Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics 195, 69-100 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2011-01402-7

Review

From social simulation to integrative system design

¹ ETH Zurich, CLU, Clausiusstr. 50, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
² Santa Fe Institute, 1399 Hyde Park Road, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA

^a e-mail: dhelbing@ethz.ch

Received: 16 October 2010
Revised: 21 March 2011
Published online: 30 May 2011

Abstract

The purpose of this White Paper of the EU Support Action “Visioneer” (see www.visioneer.ethz.ch) is to address the following goals:

• 1.

  Develop strategies to build up social simulation capacities.

• 2.

  Suggest ways to build up an “artificial societies” community that aims at simulating real and alternative societies by means of supercomputers, grid or cloud computing.

• 3.

  Derive proposals to establish centers for integrative systems design.