TY - JOUR KW - Multi-Agent Systems KW - Social KW - Agents KW - Happiness KW - Relational Values KW - Materialistic Values AU - Mariano Rojas AU - Ignacio Ibarra-López AB - This paper argues that a person’s happiness must be understood as a phenomenon that emerges not only from her individual condition but also from her place in society. Understanding that a person is socially immersed implies giving a greater role to social interactions and social structure. The paper presents a simple model to take into consideration the role of human relations. An agent-based model (ABM) is used to illustrate the implementation of the model in understanding people’s happiness IS - Special Issue on AI Techniques to Evaluate Economics and Happines M1 - 5 N2 - This paper argues that a person’s happiness must be understood as a phenomenon that emerges not only from her individual condition but also from her place in society. Understanding that a person is socially immersed implies giving a greater role to social interactions and social structure. The paper presents a simple model to take into consideration the role of human relations. An agent-based model (ABM) is used to illustrate the implementation of the model in understanding people’s happiness PY - 2014 SP - 23 EP - 30 T2 - International Journal of Interactive Multimedia and Artificial Intelligence TI - Happiness and Human Relations: The Role of Materialistic Values. An ABM Illustration UR - http://www.ijimai.org/journal/sites/default/files/files/2014/03/ijimai20142_5_3_pdf_38475.pdf VL - 2 SN - 1989-1660 ER -