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Author North, Michael J. (Michael John), 1969-

Title Managing business complexity : discovering strategic solutions with agent-based modeling and simulation / Michael J. North and Charles M. Macal
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 313 pages) : illustrations, map
Contents The challenge -- The ABMS paradigm -- Agents up close -- The roots of ABMS -- The role of ABMS -- Discovering agents and agent behaviors -- Office ABMS -- How to do desktop ABMS -- How to do participatory ABMS -- How to do large-scale ABMS -- ABMS verification and validation -- A visual approach to data collection and cleaning -- Understanding and presenting ABMS results -- ABMS project management -- Rising to the challenge
Summary Agent-based modeling and simulation (ABMS) is a developing technique for understanding emergent behaviour in complex systems. This text covers all phases of agent-based model development and project management including model requirements specification, model design, model testing, and model use
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Management information systems.
Distributed artificial intelligence.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Decision-Making & Problem Solving.
Distributed artificial intelligence
Management information systems
Management informatiesystemen.
Simulatiemodellen.
Kunstmatige intelligentie.
Form Electronic book
Author Macal, Charles M.
ISBN 9780198038412
0198038410