Ten simple rules for principled simulation modelling

Laurel Fogarty¹, Madeleine Ammar¹, Thomas Holding^{1

2

3}, Adam Powell^{1

3}, Anne Kandler¹

Affiliations

¹ Theory in Cultural Evolution Lab, Department of Human Behavior, Ecology, and Culture, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany.
² BirthRites Research Group, Department of Human Behavior, Ecology, and Culture, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany.
³ Waves Research Group, Department of Human Behavior, Ecology, and Culture, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany.

Laurel Fogarty et al. PLoS Comput Biol. 2022.

. 2022 Mar 31;18(3):e1009917.

doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009917. eCollection 2022 Mar.

Laurel Fogarty¹, Madeleine Ammar¹, Thomas Holding^{1

2

3}, Adam Powell^{1

3}, Anne Kandler¹

¹ Theory in Cultural Evolution Lab, Department of Human Behavior, Ecology, and Culture, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany.
² BirthRites Research Group, Department of Human Behavior, Ecology, and Culture, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany.
³ Waves Research Group, Department of Human Behavior, Ecology, and Culture, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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