Agent-based models of papal conclaves incorporating imitation, strategic voting, and ideological blocs reproduce historical convergence times and show polarization delays elections while strategic behavior can accelerate them.
Zhu, ConclaveSim: Simulating the 2025 Papal Election with LLM Agents, GitHub repository (2025)
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Agent-based models of papal conclaves incorporating imitation, strategic voting, and ideological blocs reproduce historical convergence times and show polarization delays elections while strategic behavior can accelerate them.