Re: [Swarm-Modelling] Re: Material and Data Flow

[Steven H. Rogers]

Thanks, Van.

Regards,
Steve
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Van Parunak wrote:
> 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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