This study investigates the use of interactions as a metric to detect emergent phenomena in the ongoing agent-based simulations.The proposed algorithm aims to detect the flocking behavior in the Boids model.Boids mode...This study investigates the use of interactions as a metric to detect emergent phenomena in the ongoing agent-based simulations.The proposed algorithm aims to detect the flocking behavior in the Boids model.Boids model is simple to understand and to use and always verifies emergence.In recent years,several metrics have been proposed to investigate emergent behaviors in complex systems.Two main limitations of these studies are,how to choose a proper metric to avoid a high coast of computation,and how to detect emergence as it happens,i.e.,live detection.In this paper,we propose an interaction-based algorithm to detect emergent behavior in Boids model.The three main contributions of this work are:(1)using interaction as metric,(2)detect emergence when it happens,(3)no need to store simulation data for post-mortem analysis.A prior interactions analysis was done to classify the system interactions.The results show that the algorithm was able to detect the rise of the flocking,i.e.,emergence in the Boids model.Simulation results are provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach.展开更多
复杂性科学是当今世界科学发展的热点和前沿,其研究与应用正迅速向各个学科渗透和扩展,成为备受众多领域科学家关注的交叉学科研究领域。目前,在军事科学领域,战争复杂性的问题正日益受到学者们的广泛关注。应用复杂系统建模与仿真方法...复杂性科学是当今世界科学发展的热点和前沿,其研究与应用正迅速向各个学科渗透和扩展,成为备受众多领域科学家关注的交叉学科研究领域。目前,在军事科学领域,战争复杂性的问题正日益受到学者们的广泛关注。应用复杂系统建模与仿真方法对战争复杂性问题进行建模与仿真研究是一种有别于传统的基于兰切斯特方程等数学模型方法研究战争问题的一种新方法。讨论了战争系统复杂性问题,在掌握现有资料的基础上,力图较全面介绍国内外关于基于A gen t战争系统复杂性建模与仿真方面的最新研究进展,并对相关的研究成果给出了自己的看法。展开更多
文摘This study investigates the use of interactions as a metric to detect emergent phenomena in the ongoing agent-based simulations.The proposed algorithm aims to detect the flocking behavior in the Boids model.Boids model is simple to understand and to use and always verifies emergence.In recent years,several metrics have been proposed to investigate emergent behaviors in complex systems.Two main limitations of these studies are,how to choose a proper metric to avoid a high coast of computation,and how to detect emergence as it happens,i.e.,live detection.In this paper,we propose an interaction-based algorithm to detect emergent behavior in Boids model.The three main contributions of this work are:(1)using interaction as metric,(2)detect emergence when it happens,(3)no need to store simulation data for post-mortem analysis.A prior interactions analysis was done to classify the system interactions.The results show that the algorithm was able to detect the rise of the flocking,i.e.,emergence in the Boids model.Simulation results are provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach.
文摘复杂性科学是当今世界科学发展的热点和前沿,其研究与应用正迅速向各个学科渗透和扩展,成为备受众多领域科学家关注的交叉学科研究领域。目前,在军事科学领域,战争复杂性的问题正日益受到学者们的广泛关注。应用复杂系统建模与仿真方法对战争复杂性问题进行建模与仿真研究是一种有别于传统的基于兰切斯特方程等数学模型方法研究战争问题的一种新方法。讨论了战争系统复杂性问题,在掌握现有资料的基础上,力图较全面介绍国内外关于基于A gen t战争系统复杂性建模与仿真方面的最新研究进展,并对相关的研究成果给出了自己的看法。