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Agent-based models (ABMs) are ubiquitous in research and industry. Currently, simulating ABMs involves at least some imperative (step-by-step) computer instructions. An alternative approach is declarative programming, in which a set of requirements is described at a high level of abstraction. Here I present the a fully declarative methodology for the automated construction of simulations for ABMs...
Agent-based modeling and simulation is widely used in computational demography. Although existing agent-based approaches allow modeling linked lives in a rather flexible manner, the resulting models, due to typically being implemented in a general-purpose programming language, often lack the compactness required to easily access the model. With ML3 (Modeling Language for Linked Lives) we present a...
For large-scale, complex systems, both simulation and optimization methods are needed to support system design and operational decision making. Integrating the two methodologies, however, presents a number of conceptual and technical problems. This paper argues that the required integration can be successfully achieved, within a specific domain, by using a formal domain specific language for specifying...
Within the Modeling and Simulation (M&S) field, a major challenge that lies ahead is integrating massively complex urban simulations. The urban environment is a multifaceted model with many components, such as transportation, land use, and water and power distribution. To produce a high fidelity simulation of a city, all components should interact as they do in the real world. Furthermore, an...
A variable annuity is an insurance contract that contains financial guarantees. Due to the complexity of guarantees, there are no closed-form formulas to calculate the value of these guarantees. Insurance companies rely heavily on Monte Carlo simulation to calculate the value of the guarantees. However, almost all simulation software for variable annuity is proprietary, posing a substantial barrier...
Object-Oriented DES (O2DES) is an effort to implement the object oriented paradigm in the scope of ease the development of discrete event simulation models in both education as well as industrial settings. In particular, O2DES offers several functionalities which support the integration of the tool with optimization techniques, thus making it easier to the students to understand the concept of simulation-optimization...
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