Description
Book SynopsisA major objective of this monograph is to present an agent-based simulation of artificial populations. The focus is on possible unexpected or catastrophic events that may spontaneously appear in simulations. A short recall of the tenets of the theory of catastrophes is given. Several examples of artificial society simulations are provided as the main topic of the book. With agent-based modeling, possible catastrophes and unexpected events in artificial populations are simulated. The book presents a new modeling and simulation tool, applied to social system simulation. The models are coded in the object- and agent-oriented language Bluesss (Blues Simulation System), related to the C++ language. The program code consists of a series of generic declarations of processes. Each of them includes a number of events that are coded in C++. At the runtime, a population of objects is generated. All the objects (agents) start to execute their own events, and interact with one another. During the simulations it is possible to observe the macro-behavior of the population, where some unexpected or "catastrophic" events occur. The examples include a stock market crash, catastrophes in extended prey–predator systems, growing organisms and cancer, epidemics, social inequality and economic decay, mass-service systems, and more. Remarks on possible simultaneous events are also included.
Table of ContentsPreface.- Chapter 1. Catastrophes and agent-based models.- Chapter 2. BLUESSS simulation package.- Chapter 3. Behavior patterns of an artificial society.- Chapter 4. Extended prey-predator model.- Chapter 5. Stock market: Uncertainty and catastrophes.- Chapter 6. Epidemics.- Chapter 7. Growing organism and cancer.- Chapter 8. Work, salary and Gini.- Chapter 9. Waiting lines.- Chapter 10. Simultaneous events, semi-discrete events and chicken.- Index.
