Process Oriented Analysis And Validation Of Multi Agent Based Simulations

Author : Nicolas Denz
Publisher : Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-31
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783832538743

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Process-Oriented Analysis and Validation of Multi-Agent-Based Simulations by Nicolas Denz Pdf

In multi-agent-based simulation (MABS) the behavior of individual actors is modeled in detail. The analysis and validation of these models is rated as difficult and requires support by innovative techniques and tools. Problems include model complexity, the amount and often qualitative representation of simulation results, and the typical dichotomy between microscopic modeling and macroscopic observation perspectives. In recent years, data mining has been increasingly applied as a support technique in this context. A particularly promising approach is found in the field of process mining. Due to its rooting in business process analysis, process mining shares several process- and organization-oriented analysis perspectives and use cases with agent-based modeling. This thesis proposes a conceptual framework for the systematic application of process mining to the analysis and validation of MABS. As a foundation, agent-oriented analysis perspectives and simulation-specific use cases are identified and complemented with methods, techniques, and results from the literature. A partial formalization of perspectives and use cases is sketched by utilizing concepts from process modeling and software engineering. Beyond the conceptual work, process mining is applied in two case studies related to different modeling and simulation approaches.

Author : Yves Demazeau,Bo An,Javier Bajo,Antonio Fernández-Caballero
Publisher : Springer
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2018-06-19
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783319945804

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Advances in Practical Applications of Agents, Multi-Agent Systems, and Complexity: The PAAMS Collection by Yves Demazeau,Bo An,Javier Bajo,Antonio Fernández-Caballero Pdf

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, PAAMS 2018, held in Toledo, Spain, in June 2018. The 20 regular and 19 demo papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 57 submissions. They deal with the application and validation of agent-based models, methods, and technologies in a number of key applications areas, such as: energy and security; engineering and tools; evaluation and ethics; negotiation and organisations; personalization and learning; simulation applications; simulation platforms; social networks and humans. The book also contains two invited talks in full paper length.

Author : Christopher Schmidt
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-04
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030629533

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Planning of Eco-efficient Process Chains for Automotive Component Manufacturing by Christopher Schmidt Pdf

This book includes the introduction of emerging manufacturing technologies and planning cases with established technologies. The planning of eco-efficient process chains is crucial for manufacturing companies. However, in the state-of-the-art planning, various barriers exist towards the integration of the environmental dimension. Against this background, a concept for the integration of classic lean and environmental criteria into the three planning phases of process chains is presented. During concept planning, the Technology Assessment Tool supports planners in the identification of eco-efficient technologies. During rough planning, the Value Stream Design Tool enables the derivation of a production line based on workpiece characteristics. For detailed planning, tools for eco-efficient machine and process chain configuration are provided. Three case studies from large-scale automotive component manufacturing with established and emerging technologies demonstrate the tool applicability.

Author : Paul Davidsson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2005-03-07
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783540252627

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Multi-Agent and Multi-Agent-Based Simulation by Paul Davidsson Pdf

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed postproceedings of the Joint International Workshop on Multi-Agent and Multi-Agent-Based Simulation, MABS 2004, held in New York, NY, USA in July 2004. The 20 revised full papers presented have gone through two rounds of reviewing, selection, and improvement; they present state-of-the-art research results in agent-based simulation and modeling. The papers are organized in topical sections on simulation of multi-agent systems, techniques and technologies, methodology and modeling, social dynamics, and application.

Author : Emilio Sulis,Kuldar Taveter
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2022-07-27
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783030988166

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Agent-Based Business Process Simulation by Emilio Sulis,Kuldar Taveter Pdf

This book provides a conceptual clarification of the interconnections between agent-based modeling and business process management (BPM) and presents practical examples of agent-based models dealing with BPM and simulation in NetLogo. The book is structured in three parts. Part I starts with the motivation for the work and introduces the general structure of the book. Next, chapter 2 provides a brief introduction to main BPM concepts including the business process lifecycle, which describes the analysis of an organization by means of modeling and simulation, business process performance indicators, and the automatic extraction of information from event data. Chapter 3 then offers a summary of the concept of agent and the studies concerning agent-based approaches that involve business process analysis and management studies. Part II of the book introduces in chapter 4 the NetLogo tool adopted throughout the remaining book. After that, chapter 5 focuses on agent-oriented modeling as a problem domain analysis and design approach for creating decision-support systems based on agent-based simulations. Chapter 6 further describes the topic of agent-based modeling and simulation for business process analysis. The final part III starts with chapter 7 that reviews some BPM applications by introducing programs enabling to manage models represented in standard formats, such as BPMN, Petri nets, and the eXtensible Event Stream standard language. Subsequently, chapter 8 describes a number of case studies from different areas, and eventually, chapter 9 introduces some examples of advanced topics of process mining and agent-based simulation with process discovery, conformance checking, and agent-based applications utilizing Petri nets. The book is primarily written for researchers and advanced graduate and PhD students who look for an introduction to the fruitful exploitation of agent-based modeling to business process management. The book is also useful for industry practitioners who are interested in supporting their business decisions with computational simulations. The book is complemented by a dedicated web site with lots of additional details and models in NetLogo for further evaluation by the reader.

Author : Scott Moss
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2001-01-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783540415220

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Multi-Agent-Based Simulation by Scott Moss Pdf

This book is devoted to investigating and developing the synergy between software engineering for multi-agent systems and agent-based social simulation; it originates from the Second International Workshop on Multi-Agend-Based Simulation, MABS 2000, held in Boston, MA, USA in July 2000, in conjunction with ICAMS 2000. Besides the thoroughly revised full papers accepted for presentation at the workshop, two invited papers and an introductory survey by one of the volume editors have been added in order to round off the scope and achieve complete coverage of all relevant topics. The book competently surveys the state of the art in the area by offering topical sections on model design issues, applications, simulating social relations and processes, and formal approaches.

Author : Virginia Dignum,Frank Dignum
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783319019529

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Perspectives on Culture and Agent-based Simulations by Virginia Dignum,Frank Dignum Pdf

This volume analyses, from a computational point of view, how culture may arise, develop and evolve through time. The four sections in this book examine and analyse the modelling of culture, group and organisation culture, culture simulation, and culture-sensitive technology design. Different research disciplines have different perspectives on culture, making it difficult to compare and integrate different concepts and models of culture. By taking a computational perspective this book nevertheless enables the integration of concepts that play a role in culture, even though they might originate from different disciplines. Culture is usually regarded as something vague and qualitative and thus difficult to deal with in a computational and formal setting. Taking a computational approach to culture thus encompasses a twofold risk: taking a too simplistic approach to cultural influence on behaviour; or trying to capture too much, hence not leading to useful computational tools. However, the approaches and insights in this collection show how different perspectives by leading researchers described in thirteen chapters still can form a coherent picture. The book thus illustrates the potential of using computing systems to better understand culture. By describing methods, theories and concrete application results about the integration of cultural aspects into computer systems, this book provides inspiration to researchers of all disciplines alike and presents the start of an interdisciplinary dialogue on culture.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Computer simulation
ISBN : UOM:39015047946242

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Multi-agent-based Simulation by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2019-12-04
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781789845365

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Swarm Intelligence by Anonim Pdf

Swarm Intelligence has emerged as one of the most studied artificial intelligence branches during the last decade, constituting the fastest growing stream in the bio-inspired computation community. A clear trend can be deduced analyzing some of the most renowned scientific databases available, showing that the interest aroused by this branch has increased at a notable pace in the last years. This book describes the prominent theories and recent developments of Swarm Intelligence methods, and their application in all fields covered by engineering. This book unleashes a great opportunity for researchers, lecturers, and practitioners interested in Swarm Intelligence, optimization problems, and artificial intelligence.

Author : Koen H. van Dam,Igor Nikolic,Zofia Lukszo
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-08
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9789400749337

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Agent-Based Modelling of Socio-Technical Systems by Koen H. van Dam,Igor Nikolic,Zofia Lukszo Pdf

Decision makers in large scale interconnected network systems require simulation models for decision support. The behaviour of these systems is determined by many actors, situated in a dynamic, multi-actor, multi-objective and multi-level environment. How can such systems be modelled and how can the socio-technical complexity be captured? Agent-based modelling is a proven approach to handle this challenge. This book provides a practical introduction to agent-based modelling of socio-technical systems, based on a methodology that has been developed at TU Delft and which has been deployed in a large number of case studies. The book consists of two parts: the first presents the background, theory and methodology as well as practical guidelines and procedures for building models. In the second part this theory is applied to a number of case studies, where for each model the development steps are presented extensively, preparing the reader for creating own models.

Author : Shah Jamal Alam,H. Van Dyke Parunak
Publisher : Springer
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-03-31
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783642547836

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Multi-Agent-Based Simulation XIV by Shah Jamal Alam,H. Van Dyke Parunak Pdf

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 14th International Workshop on Multi-Agent-Based Simulation, MABS 2013, held in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA, in May 2013. The workshop was help in conjunction with Twelfth International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS 2013. The 11 revised full papers included in this volume were carefully selected from 29 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on MABS for real-time and online data, formal approaches in MABS: design and validation, MABS in environmental modeling, simulating social phenomena.

Author : Jaime S. Sichman,Francois Bousquet,Paul Davidsson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2003-08-03
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783540364832

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Multi-Agent-Based Simulation II by Jaime S. Sichman,Francois Bousquet,Paul Davidsson Pdf

This volume presents extended and revised versions of the papers presented at the Third International Workshop on Multi-Agent Based Simulation (MABS 2002), a workshop federated with the First International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS 2002), which was held in Bologna, Italy, in July, 2002. This workshop was the third in the MABS series. The earlier two were - ganized as workshops of the two most recent ICMAS conferences (ICMAS 1998, Paris, France and ICMAS 2000, Boston, USA). Revised versions of the papers presented at these workshops were published as volumes 1534 and 1979 in the Lecture Notes in Arti?cial Intelligence series. One aim of the workshop was to develop stronger links between those wo- ing in the social sciences and those involved with multi-agent systems. We are pleased to note that many important conferences in various disciplines such as geography, economics, ecology, sociology, and physics have hosted workshops on MABS-related topics and that many respected journals publish papers that - clude elements of MABS. But although MABS is gradually acquiring legitimacy in many disciplinary ?elds, much remains to be done to clarify the potential use of MABS in these disciplines. Researchers from these disciplines have di?erent points of view on issues such as time-frame, space, geographical scales, or- nizational levels, etc. Moreover, the interest in MABS goes beyond the scienti?c community, as MABS models have been developed and used interactively with other communities as well.

Author : Adelinde M. Uhrmacher,Danny Weyns
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 582 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-08
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781420070248

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Multi-Agent Systems by Adelinde M. Uhrmacher,Danny Weyns Pdf

Methodological Guidelines for Modeling and Developing MAS-Based Simulations The intersection of agents, modeling, simulation, and application domains has been the subject of active research for over two decades. Although agents and simulation have been used effectively in a variety of application domains, much of the supporting research remains scattered in the literature, too often leaving scientists to develop multi-agent system (MAS) models and simulations from scratch. Multi-Agent Systems: Simulation and Applications provides an overdue review of the wide ranging facets of MAS simulation, including methodological and application-oriented guidelines. This comprehensive resource reviews two decades of research in the intersection of MAS, simulation, and different application domains. It provides scientists and developers with disciplined engineering approaches to modeling and developing MAS-based simulations. After providing an overview of the field’s history and its basic principles, as well as cataloging the various simulation engines for MAS, the book devotes three sections to current and emerging approaches and applications. Simulation for MAS — explains simulation support for agent decision making, the use of simulation for the design of self-organizing systems, the role of software architecture in simulating MAS, and the use of simulation for studying learning and stigmergic interaction. MAS for Simulation — discusses an agent-based framework for symbiotic simulation, the use of country databases and expert systems for agent-based modeling of social systems, crowd-behavior modeling, agent-based modeling and simulation of adult stem cells, and agents for traffic simulation. Tools — presents a number of representative platforms and tools for MAS and simulation, including Jason, James II, SeSAm, and RoboCup Rescue. Complete with over 200 figures and formulas, this reference book provides the necessary overview of experiences with MAS simulation and the tools needed to exploit simulation in MAS for future research in a vast array of applications including home security, computational systems biology, and traffic management.

Author : Levent Yilmaz,Tuncer Ören
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2009-10-26
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783527407811

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Agent-Directed Simulation and Systems Engineering by Levent Yilmaz,Tuncer Ören Pdf

The only book to present the synergy between modeling and simulation, systems engineering, and agent technologies expands the notion of agent-based simulation to also deal with agent simulation and agent-supported simulation. Accessible to both practitioners and managers, it systematically addresses designing and building agent systems from a systems engineering perspective.

Author : David Hales,Bruce Edmonds,Emma Norling,Juliette Rouchier
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2003-12-09
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783540207368

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Multi-Agent-Based Simulation III by David Hales,Bruce Edmonds,Emma Norling,Juliette Rouchier Pdf

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Multi-Agent-Based Simulation, MABS 2003, held in Melbourne, Australia as part of AAMAS 2003. The 11 revised full papers presented together with 3 invited papers were carefully selected during two rounds of reviewing and improvement. The papers are organized in topical sections on MABS techniques for MAS; economics, exchange, and influence in virtual worlds; MABS techniques for real-world modelling, and understanding and classifying MABS.