Agent-based modelling of socio-technical systems 

 - Dordrecht:  Springer,  2013 
 - xxv, 267p. : ill ;  hb. ;  24 cm. 
 - Agent-Based Social Systems .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliography and index 
<br/><br/> 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 Delft University of Technology 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 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789400749320 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Statistics<br/>Knowledge<br/>Multiagent systems<br/>Computer simulation<br/>Computational Intelligence<br/>Computer Science
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>001.422  / DAM