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Title: |
Agent-Based And Population-Based Simulation: A
Comparative Case Study For Epidemics |
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Authors: |
S. Waqar Jaffry, Jan Treur |
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ECMS
2008 Proceedings Edited
by: Loucas S. Louca, Yiorgos Chrysanthou, Zuzana Oplatkova, Khalid Al-Begain ISBN:
978-0-9553018-6-5 Doi: 10.7148/2008 22nd
European Conference on Modelling and Simulation, Nicosia, June
3-6, 2008 |
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Citation
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Jaffry, S. W., & Treur,
J. (2008). Agent-Based And Population-Based Simulation: A Comparative Case
Study For Epidemics. ECMS 2008 Proceedings edited by: L. S. Louca, Y. Chrysanthou, Z. Oplatkova, K. Al-Begain
(pp. 123-130). European Council for Modeling and Simulation. doi:10.7148/2008-0123 |
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DOI: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.7148/2008-0123 |
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Abstract: |
This
paper reports a comparative evaluation of population-based simulation in
comparison to agent- based simulation for different numbers of agents.
Population-based simulation, such as for example in the classical approaches
to predator-prey modelling and modelling
of epidemics, has computational advantages over agent-based modelling with large numbers of agents. Therefore the
latter approaches can be considered useful only when the results are expected
to deviate from the results of population-based simulation, and are
considered more realistic. However, there is sometimes also a silent assumption
that for larger numbers of agents, agent-based simulations approximate
population-based simulations, which would indicate that agent-based
simulation just can be replaced by population-based
simulation. The paper evaluates this assumption by a detailed comparative
case study in epidemics. |
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