Overview
- Gives a practical introduction to agent-based modelling of socio-technical systems, such as infrastructures
- Includes practical suggestions and procedures based on years of modelling experience
- Provides numerous examples in various (infrastructure) domains which take the reader through the development process and can inspire new applications
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Agent-Based Social Systems (ABSS, volume 9)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Theory and Practice
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Case Studies
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Back Matter
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About this book
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.
Reviews
From the reviews:
“Six case studies are presented using the methodology. This is ideal, especially for students to see the process applied to different models in a coherent manner. Graduate students would be able to begin designing a model after reading. … this is a very useful book for those developing (and teaching) agent-based modelling of socio-technical systems and is a step towards developing more useful models for decision-makers.” (Nicole Ronald, Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, April, 2013)
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Agent-Based Modelling of Socio-Technical Systems
Editors: Koen H. Dam, Igor Nikolic, Zofia Lukszo
Series Title: Agent-Based Social Systems
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4933-7
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-4932-0Published: 09 October 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-017-8268-5Published: 09 November 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-4933-7Published: 08 October 2012
Series ISSN: 1861-0803
Series E-ISSN: 2364-9542
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVIII, 268
Topics: Simulation and Modeling, Complexity, Computational Intelligence, Social Sciences, general, Business and Management, general, Energy Systems