Hypothesis and TheoryPublished 7 July 2026Time as event: bridging explicit and emergent temporal representations in computer-based social simulationsJuan A. Barceló · Joaquim Fort · Albert García Piquer · Olga Palacios · Ramón Buxó · Jaume NogueraFrontiers in Complex Systemsdoi 10.3389/fcpxs.2026.1838587