Specifying, detecting and analysing emergent behaviours in multi-level agent-based simulations

Summer Computer Simulation Conference 2007, SCSC'07, Part of the 2007 Summer Simulation Multiconference, SummerSim'07

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 969-976

  Chen, Chih Chun ^a   Nagl, Sylvia B ^a   Clack, Christopher D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agent directed simulation; Complex systems; Complexity; System dynamics

Indexed keywords

AGENT BASED SIMULATION; AGENT-BASED MODEL; AGENT-DIRECTED SIMULATION; COMPLEX EVENTS; COMPLEXITY; EMERGENT BEHAVIOURS; LEVEL OF ABSTRACTION; MULTI AGENT SIMULATION; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ABSTRACTION; SYSTEM DYNAMICS;

ABSTRACTING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 78649899500     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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