Variable structure models in object-oriented simulation

International Journal of General Systems

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 359-375

  Uhrmacher, A M ^a   Zeigler, B P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Agents; Autonomy; Holism; Object oriented modeling and simulation; Reductionism; Variable structure models

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENT CONTROL; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SYSTEM THEORY;

AUTONOMY; HOLISM; OBJECT ORIENTED SIMULATION; REDUCTIONISM; VARIABLE STRUCTURE MODELS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 0029779797     PISSN: 03081079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03081079608945128     Document Type: Article

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