[Swarm-Modelling] Re: Material and Data Flow

[Van Parunak]

We have constructed a model of supply networks that we use 
extensively in our supply chain engineering practice. The original 
version of the sw was in Swarm; the current version is in RePast. The 
original, very simple system is described in

H. V. Parunak, S. Brueckner, J. Sauter, and R. Matthews. 
Distinguishing Environmental and Agent Dynamics: A Case Study in 
Abstraction and Alternative Modeling Technologies. In A. Omicini, R. 
Tolksdorf, and F. Zambonelli, Editors, Engineering Societies in the 
Agents' World (ESAW'00), vol. LNAI 1972, Lecture Notes in Artificial 
Intelligence,  pages 19-33.  Springer,  Berlin, 2000. 
http://www.altarum.net/~vparunak/esaw00.pdf.

A more mature version, developed in teamwork with DaimlerChrysler, is 
described in

H. Baumgaertel, S. Brueckner, H. V. D. Parunak, R. Vanderbok, and J. 
Wilke. Agent Models of Supply Network Dynamics. In T. Harrison, 
Editor, The Practice of Supply Chain Management,   Springer, 2003. 
http://www.altarum.net/~sbrueckner/publications/2001/AgentModelsOfSupplyNetworkDynamics_submitted_20010209.pdf.






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