agentsindividuals
Agentsindividuals is a term used in some strands of social science and AI discourse to describe individuals who act as agents within larger systems. The phrase emphasizes that people operate as purposeful decision-makers, while belonging to social and institutional contexts that shape and constrain their actions.
Origin and usage: The compound word is not universally standardized; it appears in writings that seek to
Scope: The concept is applied to study how individuals navigate incentives, information, social norms, and rules.
Methods: Researchers examine agentsindividuals through agent-based models, experiments, ethnography, and surveys. The approach highlights heterogeneous preferences,
See also: individual agency, agent-based modeling, autonomy, institutional theory, decision-making. This term is a label for