RAINO: Anchoring Agents in Reality, A Systematic Review and Conceptual Framework for Realism in Agent-Based Modelling

arXiv:2606.05167v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Realism is a central yet seemingly under-theorized concept in Agent-Based Modelling. This paper presents a Systematic Literature Review, aiming to identify how realism is currently operationalized and demonstrated. The results show that realism is often poorly defined and lacks a consistent conceptual framework. A wide variety of methods are used to achieve and demonstrate realism, but explanations of whether and why these methods are appropriate for their intended purposes are generally limited. Building on this review, we introduce the Realit