Benefiting from the other: Proposals on incorporating agent based and system dynamics approaches
4th Annual Conference of the European Social Simulation Association, ESSA 2007, Toulouse, Fransa, 10 - 14 Eylül 2007, ss.719-730, (Tam Metin Bildiri)
- Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
- Basıldığı Şehir: Toulouse
- Basıldığı Ülke: Fransa
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.719-730
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Agent Base Modelling, Causal Loop Diagrams, Hybrid Modelling, System Dynamics
- Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Two of the simulation-base approached broadly used in studying socio-economic systems are system dynamics (SD) approach and agent based (AB) approach. Despite their common point of using simulation in studying complex systems, their conceptualization of the system and the aggregation level used differ significantly. These two approaches are compared mainly based on these differences. Conversely, discussions on how one of them can benefit from the differing aspects and tools of the other approach are very limited. In this paper, we highlight two proposals about how these two approaches can be incorporated in order to strengthen them. These two proposals, which shall be considered as thought experiments, introduce feedback-loop-based conceptualization and behaviour analysis in AB approach and AB components in SD models in order to overcome some of the aggregation-related shortcomings of the latter.