Avatar-Based Modeling of Digital Communication in Political Conflicts

Many of the findings within the data have generated more questions than answers; but in doing so, illuminated several paths of further investigation that may provide greater insights into the complexities of stabilizing troubled states. This chapter then, is a starting point on a journey to discover more effective means to deliver humanitarian and development aid to conflicted societies without doing greater harm in the process. Holland discusses the utility of flight simulators in helping commercial airline pilots experience a variety of scenarios that would be unthinkable to expose passengers to in the real world. The value of the pilot's experience in the simulator depends on how closely the simulator matches the aircraft it models. With even greater numbers of lives and resources at stake, utilizing agent-based modeling as a policy simulator would allow leaders to experiment with numerous response and intervention strategies in a very short period of time.

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Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation on Planning Analysis

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.631-632.1312 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 631-632 ◽

pp. 1312-1319

Author(s):

Hao Wu ◽

Zheng Hong Peng

Keyword(s):

Urban Planning ◽

Agent Based Modeling ◽

Dynamic Visualization ◽

Rapid Urbanization ◽

Agent Based ◽

Agent Model ◽

Planning And Design ◽

Starting Point ◽

Urban Planning And Design ◽

Analysis Models

In contrast to China’s rapid urbanization, the development of urban planning technologies remained relatively lagged behind. By taking quantitative analysis urban planning as a starting point, the research discusses the scope and content of planning at various levels as well as the possibility of data acquisition so as to choose the applicable planning analysis models. Agent-based modeling (ABM) has become an important subject recently in urban planning due to its top-down approach. This study discusses the building of a analysis Agent-based model for urban planning and design in a bid to provide direct and visual method for planning practices. We built a planning model with the software Repast S which was proved being useful in escaping green space planning. From running this Agent model the dynamic visualization of disaster evacuation process could be simulated.

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An Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation Approach to Commodity Markets

Social Science Computer Review ◽

10.1177/0894439318768454 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 37 (3) ◽

pp. 355-370 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Gianfranco Giulioni

Keyword(s):

Modeling And Simulation ◽

Open Source ◽

Software Tool ◽

Behavioral Model ◽

Simulation Software ◽

Agent Based Modeling ◽

Spot Price ◽

Agent Based ◽

Starting Point ◽

Good Starting Point

The present work provides an open-source, agent-based behavioral model primarily addressed to the dynamics associated with the commodities spot price formation, as well as variations and contrast patterns belonging to the exchanged quantity. The framework can flexibly be used for several commodities, but it has to be integrated and qualified with the modelization of producers’ and buyers’ behavior when used for the analysis of a specific commodity, stock, or group of merchandise. Due to the fact that various commodities or consumer artifacts are perceived and treated differently in several diverse contexts, the intended tasks or functions are mainly entrusted to those experts in the specific fields, who would find the software tool we designed a good starting point for their investigations. Toward achieving this aim, open-source code is provided along with detailed documentation on how to use, further develop, and enhance the present features of the proposed agent-based modeling and simulation software. This is publicly available at https://github.com/gfgprojects/cms

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