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Modeling Prejudice Reduction (1.0.0)

Software for an agent-based game-theoretic model of the contact hypothesis of prejudice reduction, to accompany “Modeling Prejudice Reduction,” in the Handbook of Computational Social Psychology, adapted from Public Affairs Quarterly 19 (2) 2005.

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Instructions for how to run it can be found at https://www.netlogoweb.org

Associated Publications

Grim, P., Selinger, E., Braynen, W., Rosenberger, R., Au, R., Louie, N., & Connolly, J. (2005). Modeling prejudice reduction: Spatialized game theory and the contact hypothesis. Public Affairs Quarterly, 19(2), 95-125.

Modeling Prejudice Reduction 1.0.0

Submitted by William Braynen Published Jan 20, 2026 Last modified Jan 20, 2026
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Software for an agent-based game-theoretic model of the contact hypothesis of prejudice reduction, to accompany “Modeling Prejudice Reduction,” in the Handbook of Computational Social Psychology, adapted from Public Affairs Quarterly 19 (2) 2005.

Release Notes

Instructions for how to run it can be found at https://www.netlogoweb.org

Cite this Model

Patrick Grim, William Braynen (2026, January 20). “Modeling Prejudice Reduction” (Version 1.0.0). CoMSES Computational Model Library. Retrieved from: https://www.comses.net/codebases/4c3d667f-3cc4-4738-9e09-ce1ad9c57566/releases/1.0.0/

Associated Publication(s)

Grim, P., Selinger, E., Braynen, W., Rosenberger, R., Au, R., Louie, N., & Connolly, J. (2005). Modeling prejudice reduction: Spatialized game theory and the contact hypothesis. Public Affairs Quarterly, 19(2), 95-125.

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Contributors
Patrick Grim William Braynen
External Repository
github.com/wbraynen/PrejudiceReduction
DOI
No assigned DOI
Model Version
1.0.0
License
MIT
Programming Language
NetLogo 7.0.4 NetLogo
Software Framework
NetLogo computational experiments by using netlogo
Operating System
Operating System Independent
Publish Date
Tuesday, January 20, 2026
Last Updated
Tuesday, January 20, 2026
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Peer Review
Unreviewed
Version Submitter First published Last modified Status
1.0.0 William Braynen Tue Jan 20 03:41:40 2026 Tue Jan 20 03:45:00 2026 Published

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