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Agent-oriented modelling of software systems and agent-based simulation are commonly viewed as two separate fields with different concepts and techniques. We show that the Agent-Object-Relationship (AOR) modelling language, proposed in [Wag03] for information systems analysis and design, can also be used for specifying simulation models that can be executed by an agent-based simulation system. The suitability of AOR modelling for simulation is also supported by the fact that the AOR meta-model and the meta- model of discrete event simulation can be combined into a model of agent- based discrete event simulation in a natural way.
This paper improves and extends [WT03].
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Wagner, G. (2004). AOR Modelling and Simulation: Towards a General Architecture for Agent-Based Discrete Event Simulation. In: Giorgini, P., Henderson-Sellers, B., Winikoff, M. (eds) Agent-Oriented Information Systems. AOIS 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 3030. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-25943-5_12
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