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Microsimulation

Microsimulation is a computational method that simulates policy effects by operating directly on a population of individual micro-units — households, firms, patients — and applying rules to each unit according to its own demographic, economic, and behavioural characteristics. Developed conceptually by Guy Orcutt in 1957, it has become the standard tool for evaluating tax reform, pension systems, and health policy before implementation.

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Microsimulation Modelling
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / simulation
  • O'Donoghue, C. (Ed.) (2014). Handbook of Microsimulation Modelling. Emerald. · DOI 10.1108/s0573-855520140000293026
  • Li, J. & O'Donoghue, C. (2013). A Survey of Dynamic Microsimulation Models: Uses, Model Structure and Methodology. International Journal of Microsimulation, 6(2), 3–55. · URL
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Same method familyAgent-Based Modelingmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familyDiscrete-Event Simulationmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.See alsoMONTE-CARLO-SIMULATIONmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familySystem Dynamicsmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familyUncertainty Quantificationmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.

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