Agents vs. Pirates: Multi-agent simulation and optimization to fight maritime piracy

11th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems 2012, AAMAS 2012: Innovative Applications Track

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 25-32

  Jakob, Michal ^a   Vaněk, Ondřej ^a   Hrstka, Ondřej ^a   Pěchouček, Michal ^a  

^a CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Agent based modeling; Case study; Maritime piracy; Operation research; Optimization; Security; Simulation; Transportation

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; RESEARCH; TOOLS; TRANSPORTATION;

AGENT-BASED MODEL; MARITIME PIRACY; OPERATION RESEARCH; SECURITY; SIMULATION;

CRIME;

EID: 84899439062     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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