Agent-Directed Simulation

Site Maintained by:
Levent Yilmaz
Auburn Modeling and Simulation Laboratory of the M&SNet
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
College of Engineering
Auburn University
Email:  yilmaz@eng.auburn.edu

Use of Simulation for Agents

Use of Agents for Simulation

Agent Simulation: simulation of agent systems.

Agent simulation is already used in several categories of application areas such as:

-         Engineering applications: electrical engineering, irrigation systems, manufacturing systems, mechatronics, networks, robotics, software, as well as transportation/logistics;

-         Management/economy applications: economy, e-commerce, and management;

-         Social systems and human behaviour applications: social systems, psychology/human behaviour, physiology, negotiation, and organization theory;

-         Environment  applications: ecosystems, land use;

-         Military applications.

Agent-supported Simulation:  use of agents in a simulation study for at least one of the following purposes: (in a computer-aided simulation environment –including simulation-based problem solving environments):

-  to provide computer assistance for front-end and/or back-end interface functions;

- to process elements of a simulation study symbolically (for example, for consistency checks and built-in reliability); and

- to provide cognitive abilities to the elements of a simulation study, such as learning or understanding abilities.

Agent-based Simulation: use of agents for the generation of model behavior in a simulation study.

Overviews (Theory & Methodology)

• Agent Definitions

• Surveys

• Introductory Readings on Agent-Directed Simulation

Tools, Toolkits, and Projects

• Tools, Toolkits, and Environments

• Projects

Application Areas

• Conflict and peace studies
• Computational economics
• Computational biology
• Ecosystems, environment, urban planning and development
• Education
• Engineering, business, commerce, industry, logistics, transportation, and manufacturing applications
• Military Applications

Journals, Books, Bibliographies

• Journals

• Books

• Webliography/Bibliographies

Researchers, Groups, and Associations

• Researchers and Research Groups

• Associations

• Newsgroups: ACM-SIGSIM, ACE, CASOS, COSI, SIMSOC, SCS-TM

ADS Education

• Courses

• Tutorials

Workshops, Conferences, and Meetings

• Agent-Directed Simulation Symposium

• CFPs at Papers-invited

• Other announcements on agent simulations can be found at ACM-SIGSIM, ACE, CASOS, COSI, SIMSOC, SCS-TM