TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dam, Koen H. van
AU  - Nikolic, Igor
AU  - Lukszo,
TI  - Agent-based modelling of socio-technical systems
SN  - 9789400749320
U1  - 001.422 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Dordrecht
PB  - Springer
KW  - Statistics
KW  - Knowledge
KW  - Multiagent systems
KW  - Computer simulation
KW  - Computational Intelligence
KW  - Computer Science
N1  - Includes bibliography and index
N2  - 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
ER  -