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Four-Stage Research Framework

Economic modeling, agent modeling, AI-based solution, and validation as a feedback process.

FOUR-STAGE METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORKAI-Driven Research on Economic-Agent Decision Making
01

Economic Modeling

Agents · institutions · resources · constraints

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02

Agent Modeling

Observations · actions · objectives · memory

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03

AI-Based Solution

Training · optimization · simulation

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04

Analysis and Validation

Micro · macro · policy · out-of-sample

Validation feeds back into every preceding stage
English web rendering of the research structure used in the survey. Consult the paper for the complete argument and references.
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Key takeaways

  1. 01

    Economic modeling defines the problem boundary and constraints.

  2. 02

    Agent modeling defines how behavior is produced.

  3. 03

    AI methods determine how policies are trained, optimized, or generated.

  4. 04

    Validation must feed back into earlier stages to locate model error.

Economic modeling Agent modeling AI-based solution Analysis and validation