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Title:

Proposing A Framework For Building Human-Based Agents For Discrete Event Simulation: A Case Study In Screening Programs

Authors:

Nasim GhanbarTehrani, Mohammad Aghdasi

Published in:

 

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

 

Citation format:

GhanbarTehrani, N., & Aghdasi, M. (2008). Proposing A Framework For Building Human-Based Agents For Discrete Event Simulation: A Case Study In Screening Programs. ECMS 2008 Proceedings edited by: L. S. Louca, Y. Chrysanthou, Z. Oplatkova, K. Al-Begain (pp. 111-117). European Council for Modeling and Simulation. doi:10.7148/2008-0111

DOI:

http://dx.doi.org/10.7148/2008-0111

Abstract:

By knowing more about the special characteristics of human behavior in complex environment, especially understanding the communication processes, social interactions and their role in forming human behaviors, the need for capturing these attributes in problem solving techniques will be increased. The ability of implementing complex computational models, calls for a trade-off between the complexity of representing personal attributes from one side, and the complexity of model structure from the other side. One of the main ideas for solving this problem is using object-oriented techniques in order to create Human-Based Agents, and substitute these agents as the human representatives in the simulation.

In this article, some of the main theories that describe the human behavior – especially decision making in the health–care context, are explained and a simulation model of the implementation of the screening process is structured.

The case refers to a real situation of blood–pressure screening in Iranian villages. For this purpose, a reference framework and the related mathematical equation are developed in two categories: internal structure of the agents and the external structure, that is the environment that agents live and behave in. Finally, the model is simulated by using a Delphi-based computer program.

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