An agent-based system for simulating dynamic choice-sets

Proceedings of the 2008 Spring Simulation Multiconference, SpringSim'08

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 26-33

  Han, Qi ^a   Arentze, Theo ^a   Timmermans, Harry ^a   Janssens, Davy ^b   Wets, Geert ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dynamic behavior; Habit formation context dependent; Information exchange; Social learning

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY-TRAVEL PATTERNS; AGENT-BASED SYSTEMS; BAYESIAN LEARNING; DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR; DYNAMIC CHOICE; EXPECTED UTILITY; EXPERIENCE-BASED LEARNING; HABIT FORMATION CONTEXT DEPENDENT; INFORMATION EXCHANGE; LOCATION CHOICE; SOCIAL COMPARISON THEORY; SOCIAL LEARNING;

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; REINFORCEMENT;

EDUCATION;

EID: 70249103135     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1400549.1400554     Document Type: Conference Paper

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