Agent-Oriented Modeling in Simulation: Agents for Modeling, and Modeling for Agents
2007
The relations between agents, modeling, and simulation are manifold (Uhrmacher et al., 2001). In relating agents and simulation research, we will concentrate on using agents as a metaphor to model the system of interest and on using virtual dynamic environments to analyze the behavior of multiagent software systems. Thereby, modeling aspects rather than the many challenges of an efficient execution shall be the focus.