On the development of agent-based models for infrastructure evolution

2008 1st International Conference on Infrastructure Systems and Services: Building Networks for a Brighter Future, INFRA 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Nikolic, Igor ^a   Chappin, Emile J L ^a   Davis, Christopher B ^a   Dijkema, Gerard P J ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE APPROACH; ADAPTIVITY; AGENT-BASED MODEL; COMPLEX MODEL; EXECUTABLE CODES; FULL DIVERSITY; INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS; JAVA-BASED SIMULATION; MODEL SPECIFICATIONS; SIMULATION MODEL; SOCIAL PROCESS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION LANGUAGES; FORMAL LANGUAGES; FORMAL LOGIC; JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; ONTOLOGY; SPECIFICATIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 77952330766     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/INFRA.2008.5439640     Document Type: Conference Paper

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