NetArg: An Agent-Based Social Simulator with Argumentative Agents

We show how agents with argumentative reasoning abilities can be effectively used to run social simulation experiments with NetArg [4]. NetArg agents interact by exchanging arguments in support or against other arguments or opinions, and adapt to new knowledge. By running simulation experiments, we can replicate a robust result in social simulation, namely that small-world network topologies are able to foster information diffusion and cohesion among a population.