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The Behavioral/Social System Simulation (B/SSS) is a computer-based simulation providing capability to simulate relationships between and among individuals and groups. The simulation is programmed in the object-oriented language Smalltalk/V and operates on a Macintosh Ilcx personal computer. The B/SSS provides the user the opportunity to apportion varied levels of resources among individuals and groups and establish varied probabilities of individuals and group success, with flexibility for the operator to change the rules and objectives governing the simulated behavioral/social system to explore alternative possibilities.
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Plummer, C.M., Hollar, D.W. (1992). Behavioral/Social System Simulation. In: Crookall, D., Arai, K. (eds) Global Interdependence. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-68189-2_9
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