Modeling and simulating hierarchies using an agent-based approach

MODSIM05 - International Congress on Modelling and Simulation: Advances and Applications for Management and Decision Making, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1631-1638

  Muller J P ^a   Ratze C ^a,b   Gillet, F ^c   Stoffel, K ^b  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

AGR; Complex systems; Hierarchies; Multi agent systems

Indexed keywords

AGENT-BASED APPROACH; AGR; ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; EMERGENT PROPERTY; HETEROGENEOUS COMPONENT; HIERARCHIES; HIERARCHY THEORY; MODELING AND SIMULATION; ORGANIZATIONAL PRINCIPLES; SOCIAL GROUPS; UNDERLYING DYNAMICS; UNIFIED FRAMEWORK; ECONOMICAL SYSTEMS; MODEL AND SIMULATION; MODELING AND SIMULATING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 34247547186     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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