Modelling medieval military logistics: An agent-based simulation of a Byzantine army on the march

Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 488-506

  Murgatroyd, Philip ^a   Craenen, Bart ^a   Theodoropoulos, Georgios ^b   Gaffney, Vincent ^a   Haldon, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b IBM RESEARCH   (Ireland)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based modelling; Distributed simulation; Historical studies; Medieval; Military logistics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

AGENT-BASED MODELLING; DISTRIBUTED SIMULATIONS; HISTORICAL STUDIES; MEDIEVAL; MILITARY LOGISTICS;

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS;

EID: 84869151046     PISSN: 1381298X     EISSN: 15729346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10588-011-9103-9     Document Type: Article

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