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Paper info: Agent-Based Simulation of Non-linear Interactions in Business Networks

Title


Agent-Based Simulation of Non-linear Interactions in Business Networks

Authors


Frans Prenkert
Orebro University
Sweden
Frans Prenkert

Place of Publication


The paper was published at the 28th IMP-conference in Rome, Italy in 2012.

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Abstract


This paper describes a multi-agent based model (ABM) with the purpose of simulating interaction processes in business networks. Such an ABM must be able to capture time and process in networks while retaining a level of comprehension and overview. The ABM rests on the assumption that business networks can be viewed as complex adaptive systems (CAS) and draws on the opportunities to build and use ABMs to simulate processes in such systems. This paper outlines the conceptual foundations and the methodological challenges and opportunities associated with such an endeavor with special reference to issues concerning the modeling of the complexities of business networks. It contributes with suggestions on how one concretely can handle these issues and challenges when using ABMs to model non-linear dynamic interaction processes in networks.