Simulation

Jim Spickard's University of Redlands Website

In October, 2004, I presented an evaluation of the Stark-Finke-Bainbridge-Iannaccone rational-choice model of sectarian behavior at the annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion. The evaluation was be based on a computer model the aggregate effects of individual religious choices. In the trade, this is known as a "Schelling model" -- based on the demonstration by Thomas Schelling that the aggregate result of individual behavior often fails to match those individuals' intentions.

I HAVE RECENTLY MOVED THESE FILES TO COOL SOCIOLOGY: A JOURNAL OF WORKING PAPERS

Click HERE to see a copy of the paper

I wrote a computer program that embodies the individual choices that Rodney Stark and his colleagues argue form the basis of religious behavior. You are welcome to download the program by clicking on the following link:

Click HERE to download the software (Windows only -- 326K)

Programmers are welcome to examine the program's source code (Delphi/Pascal):

Click HERE to download the Source Code (58K Zip File)

-- Jim Spickard