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标题：The Thin Blue Line Between Protesters and Their Counter-Protesters
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作者：Tamsin E. Lee
期刊名称：Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation
印刷版ISSN：1460-7425
出版年度：2018
卷号：21
期号：2
页码：1-9
DOI：10.18564/jasss.3676
出版社：University of Surrey, Department of Sociology
摘要：More frequently protests are accompanied by an opposing group performing a counter protest. This phenomenon can increase tension such that police must try to keep the two groups separated. However, what is the best strategy for police? This paper uses a simple agent-based model to determine the best strategy for keeping the two groups separated. The ‘thin blue line’ varies in density (number of police), width and the keenness of police to approach protesters. Three dierent groups of protesters are modelled to mimic peaceful, average and volatile protests. In most cases, a few police forming a single-file ‘thin blue line’ separating the groups is very eective. However, when the protests are more volatile, it is more eective to have many police occupying a wide ‘thin blue line’, and police being keen to approach protesters. To the authors knowledge, this is the first paper to model protests and counter-protests.
关键词：Agent-Based Modelling; Individual-Based Model; Protest Behaviour; Social Simulation; Netlogo