A validation methodology for agent-based simulations

Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Applied Computing

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 39-43

  Klügl, Franziska ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGENT-BASED SIMULATIONS; PRE-REQUISITES; SIMULATION MODELS; STATISTICAL VALIDATIONS; VALIDATION METHODOLOGIES;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 56749167813     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1363686.1363696     Document Type: Conference Paper

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