Tutorial on agent-based modeling and simulation.
Conference
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OSTI ID:962865
Agent-based modeling and simulation (ABMS) is a new approach to modeling systems comprised of autonomous, interacting agents. ABMS promises to have far-reaching effects on the way that businesses use computers to support decision-making and researchers use electronic laboratories to support their research. Some have gone so far as to contend that ABMS is a third way of doing science besides deductive and inductive reasoning. Computational advances have made possible a growing number of agent-based applications in a variety of fields. Applications range from modeling agent behavior in the stock market and supply chains, to predicting the spread of epidemics and the threat of bio-warfare, from modeling consumer behavior to understanding the fall of ancient civilizations, to name a few. This tutorial describes the theoretical and practical foundations of ABMS, identifies toolkits and methods for developing ABMS models, and provides some thoughts on the relationship between ABMS and traditional modeling techniques.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357
- OSTI ID:
- 962865
- Report Number(s):
- ANL/DIS/CP-117684
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- ENGLISH
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