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Adapting neural posterior estimators for agent-based model inference

Agent-based models in economics and social sciences represent heterogeneous behavior and interactions through simulations, while their likelihood is often intractable for parameter estimation. The work examines likelihood-free neural inference, notably neural posterior estimation with normalizing flows providing amortized Bayesian inference. It notes that a pre-trained estimator may become inaccurate when the target task changes and discusses adapting such estimators.

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It improves the robustness of calibrating large-scale agent-based models when task conditions change, which matters for applied forecasting.

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Adapting Neural Posterior Estimators for Simulation-Based Inference in Agent-Based Models
Read the original: arXiv — Multiagent Systems (cs.MA)

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