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This chapter of the SCS M&S Body of Knowledge starts with section on fuzzy logic and simulation, neural networks, and artificial intelligence. It then provides a detailed look at the agent metaphor and agent-based simulation.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. University of Corsica, Corte, France

    Jean François Santucci & Laurent Capocchi

  2. University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

    Tuncer Ören

  3. University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia

    Claudia Szabo

  4. Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, Brazil

    Valdemar Vicente Graciano Neto

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  1. School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

    Tuncer Ören

  2. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

    Bernard P. Zeigler

  3. The MITRE Corporation, Charlottesville, VA, USA

    Andreas Tolk

Appendices

Appendix 1: Types of agents (adapted from Ören [53] and TBD-dic [55])

 

Adaptive agent

Competent agent

Dispatched agent

Advertising cookie

Competitive agent

Dispatched mobile agent

Agent

Complete agent

Distant agent

Agent-based holon

Computational agent

Distinguished agent

Animated agent

Computer interface agent

Domain-specific agent

Antagonistic agent

Computer-controlled bot

Emotional agent

Anticipatory agent

Contractee agent

Endomorphic agent

Application agent

Contractor agent

Essential cookie

Artificial moral agent

Conventional agent

Ethical agent

Authorized agent

Conventional software agent

Fixed agent

Autistic agent

Conversational agent

Functional cookie

Autodidactic agent

Cookie

Global agent

Autonomous agent

Cooperating agent

Goal-directed agent

Autoprogrammable agent

Cooperation agent

Goal-oriented agent

Believable agent

Coordination agent

Holonic agent

Bot

Coordinator agent

Independent agent

Broker

Coupled multiagents

Individual agent

Broker agent

Deceptive agent

Information agent

Client agent

Deleted cookie

Information disseminating agent

Cognitive agent

Deliberative agent

Information filtering agent

Co-located agent

Diagnosis agent

Information gathering agent

Co-located agent

Digital agent

Information spider

Communication agent

Disabled cookie

 

Intelligent agent

Persistent cookie

Stationary agent

Inter-agent

Personal agent

Subagent

Interface agent

Personal digital agent

Subordinate agent

Intermediate agent

Personal software agent

System latency agent

Internet agent

Proactive agent

Task-specific agent

Itinerant agent

Purposeful agent

Teachable agent

Knowledge-based agent

Rational agent

Temporary cookie

Learning agent

Reactive agent

Tightly coupled multiagent

Local agent

Reliable agent

Tracking cookie

Long-lived agent

Remote agent

Transient agent

Loosely coupled multiagent

Resident agent

Transportable Information agent

Mail agent

Retrieval agent

Trusted agent

Marketing cookie

Root agent

Trustworthy agent

Message transfer agent

Rule-based agent

Unauthorized agent

Messaging agent

Scriptable agent

Understanding agent

Mobile agent

Search agent

Uniform resource agent

Model-based agent

Self-motivated agent

User agent

Multiple mobile agent

Self-replicating agent

User interface agent

Network agent

Semantic agent

User-programmed agent

Neural net agent

Semi-autonomous agent

Virtual agent

Notification agent

Service agent

Vivid agent

Pedagogical agent

Session cookie

Wanderer

Permanent cookie

Sociable agent

Web search agent

Permanent cookie

Software agent

Web site agent

Persistent cookie

Spider

Web-oriented agent

Appendix 2: Agent-related concepts (adapted from Ören [53] and TBD-dic [55])

 

Agency

Agent development platform

Agent software

Agent architecture

Agent efficiency

Agent system

Agent autonomy

Agent framework

Agent understanding

Agent behavior

Agent implementation

Agent user

Agent class

Agent interactivity

Agent-assisted workflow support

Agent code

Agent language

Agent-based

Agent communication language

Agent model

Agent-based adaptive mechanism

Agent communication protocol

Agent security

Agent-based adaptive system

 

Agent service

 

Agent-based assistant

Agentive

Multiagent learning system

Agent-based cloud computing

Agent-monitored

Multiagent learning technique

Agent-based cognitive architecture

Agent-oriented

Multiagent software

Agent-based complex system

Agent-oriented methodology

Multiagent system

Agent-based complex system development

Agent-oriented modeling

Multiagent understanding

Agent-based design

Agent-oriented problem solving

Multiagent understanding system

Agent-based fault-tolerant system

Agent-oriented programming

Ontology-based agent service

Agent-based interaction protocol

Agent-oriented requirements engineering

Privacy in agent-based systems

Agent-based interface

Agent-oriented tool

Safety in agent-based systems

Agent-based knowledge discovery

Agentry

Security in agent-based systems

Agent-based marketplace

Agent-supported

Self-adaptation in multiagent systems

Agent-based model

Animated agent technology

Self-adaptation via multiagent systems

Agent-based modeling

Autonomous agent-based technique

Semantic agent system

Agent-based modeling-as-a-service

Cookie policy

Service-oriented agent-based architecture

Agent-based social simulation

Cookie preference

Service-oriented agent-based protocol

Agent-based software

Ethics for agents

Subagency

Agent-based software engineering

Holonic agent simulation

Task execution in multiagent systems

Agent-based software provider

Intelligent agent modeling

Task planning in multiagent systems

Agent-based system

Intelligent agent system

Task-oriented agent-based system

Agent-based system application

Intelligent agent technology

 

Agent-based technique

Inter-agent communication

 

Agent-based trust model for cooperation

Inter-agent communication language

 

Agent-based ubiquitous service

Inter-agent knowledge processing

 

Agent-based ubiquitous system

Learning via multiagent system

 

Agent-based virtual enterprise

Lifetime of cookies

 

Agent-directed

Mobile agent paradigm

 

Agented

Multiagent architecture

 

Agent-enabled

Multiagent design-system

 

Agent-enabled feature

Multiagent intelligent system

 

Agential

  

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Santucci, J.F., Capocchi, L., Ören, T., Szabo, C., Graciano Neto, V.V. (2023). Synergies of Soft Computing and M&S. In: Ören, T., Zeigler, B.P., Tolk, A. (eds) Body of Knowledge for Modeling and Simulation. Simulation Foundations, Methods and Applications. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11085-6_12

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