{"id":140,"date":"2018-08-02T10:39:59","date_gmt":"2018-08-02T14:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/schellinck\/?page_id=140"},"modified":"2025-12-03T18:12:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T23:12:08","slug":"research-blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/schellinck\/research-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"HED Research Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My main research program at the moment is the Human Exploitation Dynamics (HED) Research Program. The goal of the HED Research Program is to gain a better understanding of the dynamics of exploitation within human groups. More specifically, this program seeks to determine what conditions lead to the emergence of different levels and types of exploitation.<\/p>\n<p>As part of this program, Ken Webb and I are currently working on the Islands Game, which will allow us to explore the dynamics of exploitation by having people interact in a simulated environment. To create the Islands Game, we&#8217;re using Ken&#8217;s Xholon modeling framework, which has allowed us to very quickly setup a multi-player simulation with physically realistic parameters.<\/p>\n<p>Ken and I are documenting the research project via blogging &#8211; links to blog entries can be found here:<\/p>\n<p>(2025) <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/schellinck\/implementing-the-island-game-digitally\/\">Implementing the Island Game Digitally: Addendum to Technical Report<\/a><br \/>\n(2025) <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/schellinck\/we-published-a-technical-report-a-framework-for-creating-simulations-to-study-human-goal-driven-resource-use\/\">We Published a Technical Report: A Framework for Creating Simulations to Study Human Goal Driven Resource Use<\/a><br \/>\n(2024) <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/schellinck\/2024\/models-as-games-games-as-programs\/\">Models as Games, Games as Programs<\/a><br \/>\n(2021) <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/schellinck\/2021\/the-conceptual-system-modelling-framework\/\">The Conceptual System Modelling Framework<\/a><br \/>\n(2020) <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/schellinck\/2020\/some-further-thoughts-on-the-utility-of-computer-models\/\">Some Further Thoughts on the Utility of Computer Models<\/a><br \/>\n(2018) <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/schellinck\/2020\/declarative-and-imperative-models-some-precusor-throughts\/\">Declarative and Imperative Models &#8211; Some Precursor Thoughts<\/a><br \/>\n(2018) <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/schellinck\/2018\/the-xholon-project\/\">The Xholon Project<\/a><br \/>\n(2018) <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/schellinck\/2018\/figuring-out-exploitation\/\">Figuring Out Exploitation<\/a><br \/>\n(2018) <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/schellinck\/2018\/learning-about-e-games\/\">Learning About E-Games<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My main research program at the moment is the Human Exploitation Dynamics (HED) Research Program. 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