Software agents as a versatile simulation tool to model complex systems

WSEAS Transactions on Information Science and Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 609-618

  Neri, Filippo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cellular networks; Consumer markets; Distributed simulation systems.; Software agents; Telecom network management systems

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATE SOLUTION; CELLULAR NETWORK; COMPLEX SYSTEMS; CONSUMER MARKET; DIFFERENT DOMAINS; DISTRIBUTED SIMULATION SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS; MOBILE TELECOM; MODEL COMPLEXES; SIMULATION TOOL; TELECOM NETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM;

CELLULAR NEURAL NETWORKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; MANAGEMENT; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TOOLS;

SOFTWARE AGENTS;

EID: 77955165975     PISSN: 17900832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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