Editing Agent-based model (section)

===In business, technology and network theory===

Agent-based models have been used since the mid-1990s to solve a variety of business and technology problems. Examples of applications include [[marketing]],<ref name="Rand and Rust (2011) IJRM">{{cite journal |last1=Rand |first1=William |last2=Rust |first2=Roland T. |year=2011 |title=Agent-based modeling in marketing: Guidelines for rigor |journal=International Journal of Research in Marketing |volume=28 |issue=3 |pages=181–193 |doi=10.1016/j.ijresmar.2011.04.002}}</ref> [[organizational behaviour]] and [[cognition]],<ref name="Hughes et al (2012) JOOP">{{cite journal |last1=Hughes |first1=H. P. N. |last2=Clegg |first2=C. W. |last3=Robinson |first3=M. A. |last4=Crowder |first4=R. M. |year=2012 |title=Agent-based modelling and simulation: The potential contribution to organizational psychology |journal=Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology |volume=85 |issue=3 |pages=487–502 |doi=10.1111/j.2044-8325.2012.02053.x }}</ref> [[teamwork|team working]],<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Boroomand |first1=Amin |title=Hard work, risk-taking, and diversity in a model of collective problem solving. |journal=Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation |date=2021 |volume=24 |issue=4 |doi=10.18564/jasss.4704 |url=https://www.jasss.org/24/4/10.html#:~:text=When%20problems%20are%20simpler%2C%20risk,to%20the%20increase%20in%20diversity|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref name="Crowder et al (2012) IEEE TSMCA">{{cite journal |last1=Crowder |first1=R. M. |last2=Robinson |first2=M. A. |last3=Hughes |first3=H. P. N. |last4=Sim |first4=Y. W. |year=2012 |title=The development of an agent-based modeling framework for simulating engineering team work |journal=IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics - Part A: Systems and Humans |volume=42 |issue=6 |pages=1425–1439 |doi=10.1109/TSMCA.2012.2199304 |s2cid=7985332 }}</ref> [[supply chain optimization]] and logistics, modeling of [[consumer behavior]], including [[word of mouth]], [[social network]] effects, [[distributed computing]], [[workforce management]], and [[Investment management|portfolio management]]. They have also been used to analyze [[traffic congestion]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tfhrc.gov/advanc/agent.htm |title=Application of Agent Technology to Traffic Simulation |publisher=[[United States Department of Transportation]] |date=May 15, 2007 |access-date=October 31, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110101034847/http://www.tfhrc.gov/advanc/agent.htm |archive-date=January 1, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

Recently, agent based modelling and simulation has been applied to various domains such as studying the impact of publication venues by researchers in the computer science domain (journals versus conferences).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Niazi |first1=M. |last2=Baig |first2=A. R. |last3=Hussain |first3=A. |last4=Bhatti |first4=S. |title=2008 Winter Simulation Conference |chapter=Simulation of the research process |year=2008 |editor1-first=S. |editor1-last=Mason |editor2-first=R. |editor2-last=Hill |editor3-first=L. |editor3-last=Mönch |editor4-first=O. |editor4-last=Rose |editor5-first=T. |editor5-last=Jefferson |editor6-first=J. W. |editor6-last=Fowler |pages=1326–1334 |chapter-url=http://www.informs-sim.org/wsc08papers/159.pdf |doi=10.1109/WSC.2008.4736206 |isbn=978-1-4244-2707-9 |hdl=1893/3203 |s2cid=6597668 |access-date=June 7, 2009 |archive-date=June 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110601150006/http://www.informs-sim.org/wsc08papers/159.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> In addition, ABMs have been used to simulate information delivery in ambient assisted environments.<ref>{{cite book |last=Niazi |first=Muaz A. |title=Proceedings of the third international workshop on Use of P2P, grid and agents for the development of content networks |chapter=Self-organized customized content delivery architecture for ambient assisted environments |year=2008 |pages=45–54 |chapter-url=http://www.cs.stir.ac.uk/~man/papers/upg106-niazi.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614051629/http://www.cs.stir.ac.uk/~man/papers/upg106-niazi.pdf |archive-date=June 14, 2011 |df=mdy-all |doi=10.1145/1384209.1384218 |isbn=9781605581552 |s2cid=16916130 }}</ref> A November 2016 article in [[arXiv]] analyzed an agent based simulation of posts spread in [[Facebook]].<ref>{{Cite arXiv |last1=Nasrinpour |first1=Hamid Reza |last2=Friesen |first2=Marcia R. |last3=McLeod |first3=Robert D. |date=2016-11-22 |title=An Agent-Based Model of Message Propagation in the Facebook Electronic Social Network |eprint=1611.07454 |class=cs.SI}}</ref> In the domain of peer-to-peer, ad hoc and other self-organizing and complex networks, the usefulness of agent based modeling and simulation has been shown.<ref>{{cite journal |first1=Muaz |last1=Niazi |first2=Amir |last2=Hussain |title=Agent based Tools for Modeling and Simulation of Self-Organization in Peer-to-Peer, Ad-Hoc and other Complex Networks |journal=IEEE Communications Magazine |volume=47 |issue=3 |date=March 2009 |pages=163–173 |url=http://www.cs.stir.ac.uk/~man/papers/niaziCommmag.pdf |doi=10.1109/MCOM.2009.4804403 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101204212920/http://www.cs.stir.ac.uk/~man/papers/niaziCommmag.pdf |archive-date=December 4, 2010 |df=mdy-all |hdl=1893/2423 |s2cid=23449913 }}</ref> The use of a computer science-based formal specification framework coupled with [[wireless sensor networks]] and an agent-based simulation has recently been demonstrated.<ref>{{cite journal |first1=Muaz |last1=Niazi |first2=Amir |last2=Hussain |year=2011 |title=A Novel Agent-Based Simulation Framework for Sensing in Complex Adaptive Environments |journal=IEEE Sensors Journal |volume=11 |issue=2 |pages=404–412 |url=http://cs.stir.ac.uk/~man/papers/Accepted_IEEESensorsAug2010.pdf |doi=10.1109/JSEN.2010.2068044 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725023733/http://cs.stir.ac.uk/~man/papers/Accepted_IEEESensorsAug2010.pdf |archive-date=July 25, 2011 |df=mdy-all |bibcode=2011ISenJ..11..404N |arxiv=1708.05875 |hdl=1893/3398 |s2cid=15367419 }}</ref>

Agent based evolutionary search or algorithm is a new research topic for solving complex optimization problems.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Sarker |first1=R. A. |last2=Ray |first2=T. |chapter=Agent Based Evolutionary Approach: An Introduction |doi=10.1007/978-3-642-13425-8_1 |title=Agent-Based Evolutionary Search |series=Adaptation, Learning, and Optimization |volume=5 |pages=1–11 |year=2010 |isbn=978-3-642-13424-1 }}</ref>