A geosimulation approach involving spatially-aware agents: A case study on the identification of risky areas for trains

Proceedings of the 2008 Spring Simulation Multiconference, SpringSim'08

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 37-44

  Mekni, Mehdi ^a   Sahli, Nabil ^b   Moulin, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b TELEMATICA INSTITUUT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agent based simulation; Geosimulation; Large scale geographic space; Risk assessment; Train derailment

Indexed keywords

AGENT BASED; AGENT BASED SIMULATION; COMPLEX PROCESSES; COMPLEX SYSTEMS; GEOSIMULATION; LARGE-SCALE GEOGRAPHIC SPACE; RAILWAY NETWORK; SPATIAL DATA; TRAIN DERAILMENT;

ACCIDENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DERAILMENTS; LOCOMOTIVES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAILROAD CARS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 70249106400     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1400549.1400555     Document Type: Conference Paper

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