Titre :
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Many-Agent Simulation and Artificial Life,Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications
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Auteurs :
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E. Hillebrand ;
J. Stender
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Type de document :
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ouvrage
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Editeur :
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Amsterdam [NLD] : IOS Press, 1994
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ISBN/ISSN/EAN :
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978-90-5199-191-8
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Format :
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252 p.
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Langues:
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= Anglais
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Mots-clés:
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INTELLIGENCE ARTIFICIELLE
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INFORMATIQUE
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SIMULATION
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Résumé :
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Simulation usually consists of artificially reproducing natural phenomena.Traditional techniques are based on differential equations that relate global parameters to others and describe the system's dynamics.There techniques have been intensely used for simulating groups,populations or societies but they inhibit a number of severe limitations.The many-agent simulation model presented here is based on the idea that programs exhibit behaviours entirely described by their internal mechanisms,namely the program instructions.This book is intended to provide the reader with an overview of the theoretical,as well as practical aspects involved in the study and implementation of many agent simulation models.Section two begins by introducing the fundamental theoretical issues which form the basis of many agent simulation models.Section three looks at both artificial and real world problems in the fields of financial and market modelling. Evolutionary strategies and simulations deal with issues involved in accurate forecasting.This section gives an insight into the factors affecting the construction of efficient prediction models.Section four presents models of economic and political aspects in which the interaction of individual actors within the whole framework plays a significant role in decision making of the individual.It has been possible to compile this book due to the editor involvement in the following Europeen and German funded projects: PAPAGENA,European Community funded ESPRIT project number 6857; LADY,BMFT funded project number 01/N 106 A.
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