Peer-Olaf Siebers

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Is it possible to do hybrid modelling in GAMA?

Is there any support in GAMA (https://gama-platform.org/) to implement hybrid models, similar to what you can do in AnyLogic (https://www.anylogic.com/)? I am in particular interested in the...

01 July 2023 6,722 1 View

Has System Dynamics support in Repast Simphony disappeared?

I have just downloaded the latest version of the agent-based modeling and simulation platform Repast Simphony (v2.8) and wanted to go through a related System Dynamics tutorial (from 2013) but...

07 July 2021 7,657 5 View

Can you recomment some literature on the "verification" of agent-based models?

We are working on a project on developing methods for functional agent-based modelling. We have implemented a SIR model using Haskell and Yampa, a functional reactive programming library. Is it...

29 March 2018 9,126 5 View

What is the difference between agent based simulation and micro simulation?

In the context of urban (spatial explicit) modelling, what is the difference between agent based simulation (ABS) and micro simulation (MS)? Both are individual based modelling approaches. Are ABS...

01 August 2017 8,186 17 View

What is the difference between Agent-Based Modelling (ABM) used in Economics and Agent-Based Computational Economics (ACE)?

I was just chatting to one of my colleagues about a workshop I recently attended on "Agent-Based Modeling of Environmental Challenges and Climate Policy". There I met many economists that talked...

30 March 2017 8,582 2 View

What is the equivalent of a logic flow chart in UML?

I am trying to define a social simulation model using UML diagrams. Previously I defined an algorithm using a logic flow chart. Is the "activity diagram" the UML equivalent of a "logic flow...

12 April 2016 1,156 13 View

Are there any traffic simulation models that use Repast?

Could you provide me with some references to traffic simulation models (papers or tutorials) that use Repast? My aim is to use Repast to do some basic traffic simulation in "The Cloud". I found an...

08 March 2016 7,155 3 View

What are the steps from behavioural game theory outputs to concrete real world applications?

My research background is Operations Research and Social Simulation. More recently I got involved in discussing ways of linking Behavioural Economics models/ideas to Social Simulation. One method...

15 March 2015 5,346 5 View

How can one avoid plagiarism in coursework only modules?

I am running an MSc Computer Science module "Simulation for Decision Support" where I have changed the assessment from "exam + individual coursework" to "individual coursework only". This was done...

05 August 2014 1,508 8 View

Are there any examples where ABM/S has been USED (pracically by stakeholders) to support decision making in Operations Research?

There was recently a post in SIMSOC (Newsgroup discussing the use of Computer Simulation in the Social Sciences) asking for examples of agent-based models that have actually been used to support...

06 December 2013 3,264 10 View

Are there any design patterns that are commonly used in non-player character design in social simulation games?

I am interested in better understanding Non-Player Character (NPC) design in games in order to apply the ideas to social and socio-economic agent-based simulation. I was wondering if there are any...

24 November 2013 3,034 6 View

Can you share your experience of coursework only assessment?

We are trying to reduce the amount of assessment to make everyone's life easier. In my module "G54SIM: Simulation for Decision Support" which I teach in the School of Computer Science we currently...

08 November 2013 2,654 6 View

How do you start building an agent based model?

I am a computer scientist trying to build agent based operations research and social simulation models using UML statecharts. I start my conceptualization by thinking about who are the actors to...

07 November 2013 8,510 6 View

The Elephant Welfare Project: Application of a novel agent-based approach to model elephants in captivity - can you help?

We are attempting to develop a novel agent-based simulation modelling framework based on principles adopted from software engineering (object oriented analysis and design) to help studying the...

18 October 2013 4,957 2 View

Does anyone know examples where software agents have been used for social simulation?

I am looking for examples where multi-agent system frameworks (software agent templates) have been used to define the agents of social simulation models. To give you an example of what I am...

16 October 2013 2,252 48 View

What do you gain from "Public Goods" game investigations?

I am trying to understand the different motivations of Game Theorists, Experimental Economists, Agent Based Computational Economists, and other agent based modellers (e.g. Social Scientist,...

01 September 2013 7,584 4 View

Does anyone have experience with programming Agent-Based Simulations from scratch (in Java or C++) using Finite State Machines (FSM)?

I found a description of this in several books about artificial intelligence for game developers [e.g. Buckland (2006) Programming Game AI by Example - Chapter 2; Bourg and Seemann (2004) AI for...

03 July 2013 5,795 2 View

Epidemiology or public health modelling discussion groups

We just added a plea for more interdisciplinary work between the epidemiological modelling community and the social simulation community to develop more credible models for a COVID19 pandemic...

01 January 1970 8,482 3 View