Agent generation for agent-based modeling systems

A system for assigning an attribute to an agent or a plurality of agents for use in an agent-based model, comprising:

• a processor, wherein the system is configured to:
• receive or select a first numerical value;
• receive or select a random numerical value;
• blend the first and random numerical values, resulting in an intermediate value;
• blend the intermediate result with the first numerical value, or the random numerical value, or with a second numerical value, resulting in an end value;
• utilize the end value, or a further manipulation thereof, to assign the attribute of the agent or the plurality of agents in the agent-based model;
• wherein the system is configured to repeat both of the receive or select steps, both of the blending steps, and the utilize step a plurality of times to define a plurality of attributes for the agent or to define an attribute for a plurality of agents;
• and
• wherein the system is configured to introduce said agent or agents to a stimulus and determine a reaction of said agent or agents to simulate human behavior, and wherein the wherein the system is configured to blend the associated values in the first and second blend steps according to the following equation:
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• wherein u1 represents a first value to be blended, u2 represents a second value to be blended, and g(u1,u2) represents an output of the blending step.