Agent-based modelling (ABM) has emerged as a vital tool for understanding how households, firms and communities adopt energy technologies such as solar photovoltaics, heat pumps and insulation ...

Agent-based modelling and simulation (ABMS) constitutes a powerful computational paradigm for exploring the dynamics of complex systems through the interactions of discrete, autonomous agents. Each ...

A new book provides an overview of agent-based modeling (ABM) and multi-agent systems (MAS), emphasizing their significance in understanding complex economic systems. The book’s 14 chapters feature ...

What are “complex systems” in this context? These are noncomputer systems, such as a company’s supply chain. A system is “complex” when it has so many variables and interacting forces that it can’t be ...

Spatial epidemiology issues are outstandingly important, particularly the viral spread through populated areas is believed to be one of the major concerns. [1] The incidence and prevalence of ...

Simulation models are finding new uses as organizations advance in predictive analytics and data-driven decision-making. Most data analytics techniques originated from gambling games. For example, a ...