The automated detection of aspects of spatial behaviour in an agent-based model is necessary for model testing and analysis. In this paper we compare four predictors of herding behaviour in a model of a grazing herbivore. We find that a) the mean number of neighbours adjusted to account for population variation and b) the mean Hamming distance between rows of the two-dimensional environment can...

Herding and contrarian behavior are often-cited features of real-world financial markets. Theoretical models of continuous trading that study herding and contrarianism, however, usually do not allow traders to choose when to trade or to trade more than once. We present a large-scale experiment to explore these features within a tightly controlled laboratory environment. Herding and contrarianis...

This research explores the repurchase intentions of technology consumers who have experienced malfunctions of purchased products. Identifying the theoretical factors associated with repurchase intentions is essential for testing the applicability of technology adoption research within the context of different product lifecycles. Also, it is an important matter for technology companies in shapin...

The origins of herding practices in southern Africa remain controversial. The first appearance of domesticated caprines in the subcontinent is thought to be c. 2000 years BP; however, the origin of this cultural development is still widely debated. Recent genetic analyses support the long-standing hypothesis of herder migration from the north, while other researchers have argued for a cultural ...

Current public discourse in Finland concerning reindeer herding has focused on the overgrazing problem and conflicts between herding and competitive forms of land use. Both herders and government administrators agree on the problems of herding, but conceptualize their causes differently. Administrators insist that sustainability in herding is reachable through bioeconomic management that unites...

Purpose The paper examines the ‘Intention to Receive COVID-19 Vaccines’ or IRV from three perspectives: health belief model, behavioural economics, and institutional quality. Design/methodology/approach This study provides quantitative analysis by applying Chi-squared test of contingencies, paired sample t-tests, exploratory factor analysis, multiple linear regression (stepwise method) on data ...

Herding behavior in group (collaborative) decision making has been studied purely as imitation of others and discounting own information. However, collaboration is a dynamic process and decision making should be viewed with this dynamic in mind. Drawing on the "The Laws of Imitation" from sociology, we offer a new perspective to understand herding behavior in group decision making. By acknowled...

We study the online market for social stock investing where individuals follow other investors in the community for their investment decisions. Using data from kaChing.com, one of the largest social investing marketplaces, we investigate whether and how various aspects of an individual’s social networks affect her investment performance. Using social network methodologies and theories of inform...

1 In a world of uncertainty, imperfect information and irreversible decision-making, speculation and information acquisition will generate bubbles, herding and frenzies in housing demand. The instability generated will be further exacerbated by liquidity constraints and institutional change. In this paper, the influence of herds, frenzies and bubbles on housing demand is assessed in the context...

In Shark Bay, Western Australia, male bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.) cooperate in pairs and triplets to sequester and control the movements of females. We refer to this behavior as "herding" and to the male pairs and triplets as alliances. During a 25-month study (1987-1989) on the social relationships of males, we documented herding in 10 alliances. Males preferentially herded nonpregnant ...