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In this paper, a metric view for operating software agents is developed and explained by way of an example of economic trader agents utility. Here, the role of simulation models as a helpful technology for construction and validation of agents in artificial environments is propagated.
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Schmelz, D., Schmelz, M., Schmelz, J. (2001). Utility Metrics for Economic Agents. In: Dumke, R., Abran, A. (eds) New Approaches in Software Measurement. IWSM 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2006. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44704-0_16
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