Jakub Bijak2026-03-182026-03-182022978-3-319-69623-1029https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83039-7https://link.springer.com/openurl?genre=book&isbn=978-3-030-83039-7http://bibliovirtual.umar.mx:4000/handle/123456789/1980Libro electrónicoThis open access book presents a ground-breaking approach to developing micro-foundations for demography and migration studies. It offers a unique and novel methodology for creating empirically grounded agent-based models of international migration – one of the most uncertain population processes and a top-priority policy area. The book discusses in detail the process of building a simulation model of migration, based on a population of intelligent, cognitive agents, their networks and institutions, all interacting with one another. The proposed model-based approach integrates behavioural and social theory with formal modelling, by embedding the interdisciplinary modelling process within a wider inductive framework based on the Bayesian statistical reasoning.en-USBook