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| The Challenge | |
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| Why This Book? | |
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| The Who, What, Where, When. Why, and How of Agents | |
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| Why Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation Is Needed Now | |
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| The Foundation of ABMS | |
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| Why ABMS Is Useful, Usable, and Used | |
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| How ABMS Works: An Overview | |
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| Incremental Discovery, Design, and Development | |
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| How This Book Is Organized | |
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| Case Studies | |
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| Note | |
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| References | |
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| The ABMS Paradigm | |
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| Parts Make the Whole | |
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| The Two Fundamental Types of Models | |
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| Nondeterminism | |
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| The Cycle of Innovation | |
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| Other Angles on Nondeterminism | |
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| Choosing Behaviors to Model | |
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| The Spectrum of Model Uses | |
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| Discovering That the Whole Is Greater Than the Parts | |
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| Summary | |
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| Note | |
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| References | |
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| Agents Up Close | |
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| Agents: An Overview | |
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| Agent Attributes | |
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| Agent Behaviors | |
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| Simple Agents or Proto-Agents | |
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| Complex Agents | |
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| A Market Example | |
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| Discover, Design, and Develop | |
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| Notes | |
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| References | |
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| The Roots of ABMS | |
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| ABMS in Context | |
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| Historical Roots | |
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| Complexity Science | |
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| The Diffusion of ABMS | |
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| Plectics Redux | |
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| References | |
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| The Role of ABMS | |
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| The Big Picture of Modeling and Simulation for Business Applications | |
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| A Supply Chain Example | |
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| A Survey of Modeling Approaches | |
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| When to Use Agents? | |
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| Blended Modeling Approaches | |
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| Summary | |
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| Note | |
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| References | |
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| Discovering Agents and Agent Behaviors | |
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| Agents Are What They Do | |
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| Social Agents | |
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| Examples of Behavioral Theories | |
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| Agent Diversity | |
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| Other Agents | |
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| Multi-Agent Systems | |
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| Artificial Intelligence | |
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| Discovering Agents | |
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| Discovering Agent Behaviors | |
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| A Market Example | |
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| Acting Up | |
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| References | |
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| Office ABMS | |
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| Progressive Development | |
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| Prototyping | |
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| ABMS Environments | |
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| The Four Model Growth Paths | |
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| Leveraging Change | |
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| Returning to the Questions | |
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| Office ABMS Architectures | |
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| The Office ABMS Continuum | |
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| Examples | |
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| Back at the Office | |
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| Notes | |
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| References | |
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| How to Do Desktop ABMS | |
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| ABMS on the Desktop | |
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| Agent Spreadsheets | |
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| Dedicated ABMS Prototyping Environments | |
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| A Market Example | |
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| Summary | |
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| Notes | |
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| References | |
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| How to Do Participatory ABMS | |
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| Live and In Person! | |
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| The Start of It All | |
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| Strengths and Weaknesses | |
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| Developing Strong Minds | |
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| Turning Over Rocks | |
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| Details, Details, Details, | |
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| A Market Example | |
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| Summary | |
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| Note | |
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| References | |
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| How to Do Large-Scale ABMS | |
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| From Desktops on Up | |
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| Features Galore! | |
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| Current Toolkits | |
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| The Large-Scale Modeling Life Cycle | |
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| Designing Large-Scale Models for Use | |
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| Agent Patterns and Antipatterns | |
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| Examples | |
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| Summary | |
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| Notes | |
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| References | |
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| ABMS Verification and Validation | |
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| V&V Overview | |
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| Verification | |
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| Validation | |
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| Related Aspects of V&V | |
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| Summary | |
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| References | |
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| A Visual Approach to Data Collection and Cleaning | |
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| Tasty Morsels | |
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| The Fact Food Pyramid | |
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| A Model Diet | |
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| Marshmallows and Campfire Stories | |
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| Cooking Times Vary | |
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| Data Quality | |
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| A Recipe for Success | |
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| Dinner Is Served | |
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| A Market Example | |
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| Summary | |
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| References | |
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| Understanding and Presenting ABMS Results | |
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| Analyzing ABMS Results | |
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| Presenting ABMS Results | |
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| Seven Steps | |
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| Notes | |
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| References | |
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| ABMS Project Management | |
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| The ABMS Business Function | |
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| The Fundamentals | |
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| Project Goals | |
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| Stopping Mission Creep | |
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| Champions | |
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| The Domain Skills Pyramid | |
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| ABMS Project Structures | |
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| The ABMS Business Process | |
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| Growing Up | |
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| References | |
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| Rising to the Challenge | |
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| The Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How of Agents | |
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| Useful, Usable, and Used | |
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| Index | |