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A collection of simulated examples of real-world actions explored through interactive dashboards. Each post covers a specific real-world decision problem in turn, demonstrating how simulations can inform real-world action-taking with illustrative (not production-ready) research models. No maths; just diagrams and straightforward descriptions all the way through.

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How can simulations help me take better actions?

    Introduction

    This is a collection of simulated examples of real-world actions explored through interactive dashboards. These dashboards are all powered by illustrative research models, not production-ready decision-support tools.

    Each post covers a specific real-world decision problem in turn, demonstrating how simulations can inform real-world action-taking.

    You will learn what you want to know without maths; just diagrams and straightforward descriptions all the way through.

    Those eager to follow along with code should also check out the stochadex project, which was used to create the simulations that power these dashboards.

    References and further reading

    Epstein, Joshua M. 2008. “Why Model?” Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation 11 (4): 12. https://www.jasss.org/11/4/12.html.
    Sutton, Richard S., and Andrew G. Barto. 2018. Reinforcement Learning: An Introduction. 2nd ed. MIT Press.