β Scribed by Ted Carmichael, Andrew J. Collins, Mirsad HadΕΎikadiΔ
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
βThis book emerged out of international conferences organized as part of the AAAI Fall Symposia series, and the Swarmfest 2017 conference. It brings together researchers from diverse fields studying these complex systems using CAS and agent-based modeling tools and techniques. In the past, the knowledge gained in each domain has largely remained exclusive to that domain. By bringing together scholars who study these phenomena, the book takes knowledge from one domain to provide insight into others.
Most interesting phenomena in natural and social systems include constant transitions and oscillations among their various phases β wars, companies, societies, markets, and humans rarely stay in a stable, predictable state for long. Randomness, power laws, and human behavior ensure that the future is both unknown and challenging. How do events unfold? When do they take hold? Why do some initial events cause an avalanche while others do not? What characterizes these events? What are the thresholds that differentiate a sea change from a non-event?
Complex adaptive systems (CAS) have proven to be a powerful tool for exploring these and other related phenomena. The authors characterize a general CAS model as having a large number of self-similar agents that: 1) utilize one or more levels of feedback; 2) exhibit emergent properties and self-organization; and 3) produce non-linear dynamic behavior. Advances in modeling and computing technology have led not only to a deeper understanding of complex systems in many areas, but they have also raised the possibility that similar fundamental principles may be at work across these systems, even though the underlying principles may manifest themselves differently.
Front Matter ....Pages i-viii
The Fundamentals of Complex Adaptive Systems (Ted Carmichael, Mirsad HadΕΎikadiΔ)....Pages 1-16
A Cognitive-Consistency Based Model of Population Wide Attitude Change (Kiran Lakkaraju, Ann Speed)....Pages 17-38
An Application of Agent Based Social Modeling in the DoD (Catherine Zanbaka, Jason HandUber, Desmond Saunders-Newton)....Pages 39-63
Agent-Based Behavior Precursor Model of Insider IT Sabotage (Erika G. Ardiles Cruz, John A. Sokolowski, Timothy Kroecker, Sachin Shetty)....Pages 65-77
Formal Measures of Dynamical Properties: Tipping Points, Robustness, and Sustainability (Aaron Bramson)....Pages 79-128
Identifying Unexpected Behaviors of Agent-Based Models Through Spatial Plots and Heat Maps (Christopher J. Lynch, Hamdi Kavak, Ross Gore, Daniele Vernon-Bido)....Pages 129-142
Simulating the Ridesharing Economy: The Individual Agent Metro-Washington Area Ridesharing Model (IAMWARM) (Joseph A. E. Shaheen)....Pages 143-168
Stigmergy for Biological Spatial Modeling (Megan Olsen)....Pages 169-197
Strategic Group Formation in the El Farol Bar Problem (Andrew J. Collins)....Pages 199-211
swarmFSTaxis: Borrowing a Swarm Communication Mechanism from Fireflies and Slime Mold (Joshua Cherian Varughese, Daniel Moser, Ronald Thenius, Franz Wotawa, Thomas Schmickl)....Pages 213-222
Teaching Complexity as Transdisciplinarity (Loren Demerath, E. Dante Suarez)....Pages 223-250
Engineering; Complexity; Applications of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Theory; Applications of Graph Theory and Complex Networks
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