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There is currently a multitude of design approaches all concerned with building simulation models for multi-agent systems. The majority of the designs, however, focus on the requirements of specific application domains. We suggest that it would be desirable to develop a modelling methodology which can act as a generic platform from which to construct simulation models for multi-agent systems. In order to promote standardisation of modelling methodology, this paper presents a first-cut reference model whose feasibility will subsequently be demonstrated by a number of applications.
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Urban, C. (2000). PECS: A Reference Model for the Simulation of Multi-Agent Systems. In: Suleiman, R., Troitzsch, K.G., Gilbert, N. (eds) Tools and Techniques for Social Science Simulation. Physica, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-51744-0_6
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