TY - GEN
T1 - ESL
T2 - 15th International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, PAAMS 2017
AU - Clark, Tony
AU - Kulkarni, Vinay
AU - Barat, Souvik
AU - Barn, Balbir
PY - 2017/6/3
Y1 - 2017/6/3
N2 - Specification and analysis of complex systems can be approached top-down or bottom-up [11]. A top-down approach conceptualises a system using a global state and the behaviour represented using an aggregated macro-behaviour of the system elements. For example, the System Dynamics (SD) model [8] uses the concepts of stocks, flows, feedback loops and time delays. A top-down approach considers a reductionist view [10] to understand system using the mathematical rigour from operational research, optimization theory, and sophisticated AI algorithms. A bottom-up approach, in contrast, considers the micro-behaviour of individual elements and their interactions. Conceptually, the bottom-up approach relies on emergentism [9] as advocated in actor model of computation [1], and agent-based systems [6].
AB - Specification and analysis of complex systems can be approached top-down or bottom-up [11]. A top-down approach conceptualises a system using a global state and the behaviour represented using an aggregated macro-behaviour of the system elements. For example, the System Dynamics (SD) model [8] uses the concepts of stocks, flows, feedback loops and time delays. A top-down approach considers a reductionist view [10] to understand system using the mathematical rigour from operational research, optimization theory, and sophisticated AI algorithms. A bottom-up approach, in contrast, considers the micro-behaviour of individual elements and their interactions. Conceptually, the bottom-up approach relies on emergentism [9] as advocated in actor model of computation [1], and agent-based systems [6].
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85021775368&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-319-59930-4_27
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-59930-4_27
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-59930-4_27
M3 - Conference publication
AN - SCOPUS:85021775368
SN - 9783319599298
VL - 10349 LNCS
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 311
EP - 315
BT - Advances in Practical Applications of Cyber-Physical Multi-Agent Systems
PB - Springer
Y2 - 21 June 2017 through 23 June 2017
ER -