From conceptual models to agent-based simulations: Why and how

Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 593-595

  Vattam, Swaroop ^a   Goel, Ashok K ^a   Rugaber, Spencer ^a   Hmelo Silver, Cindy ^b   Jordan, Rebecca ^c  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex systems; Interactive learning environments; Modeling and simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS;

AGENT BASED; AGENT BASED SIMULATION; COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUE; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; CORE PROBLEMS; FUNCTION MODELLING; INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; MODEL AND SIMULATION; NETLOGO; STRUCTURE BEHAVIOR FUNCTION;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 73149109966     PISSN: 09226389     EISSN: 18798314     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-028-5-593     Document Type: Conference Paper

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