Agent-Based Models and Behavioral Operational Research

This chapter sets out agent-based modelling as a promising methodology for behavioural operational research. We set out the links between existing modelling techniques such as system dynamics and discrete event simulation and offer examples of how agent-based models can be used to model the behavior of individuals. We show how existing system-level models can be “agentized” so that system-level behavior is modelled by the interactions of individual agents. This focus on the individuals in the system rather than the system itself opens up a rich prospect for the use of agent-based modelling within behavioural operational research. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.