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Agent-Based Model: Varying Level Of Conformity In Individuals

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Model Details An agent-based model was constructed to explore the emergence of trends each year as a function of varying levels of conformity in individuals. In the model, agents choose between two styles of facial hair (beard or non-beard) based on one of the two conformity strategies. Some of the agents are conformists; these agents adopt the most popular style of facial hair with probability p, where p is the proportion of agents who have adopted the most popular style. Other agents are “hipsters”; these agents adopt the most popular style with probability (1-p), where p is the proportion of agents who have adopted the most popular style. That is, conformists tend to adopt the most popular style while “hipsters” are likely to adopt the

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