Cross-paradigm simulation modeling: challenges and successes

  • Authors:
  • Susan K. Heath;Arnold Buss;Sally C. Brailsford;Charles M. Macal

  • Affiliations:
  • Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA;MOVES Institute, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA;University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom;Argonne National Laboratory, Center for Complex Adaptive Agent, Systems Simulation (CAS2), Argonne, IL

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

This paper addresses the broad topic area of cross-paradigm simulation modeling with a focus on the discrete-event, system dynamics and agent-based paradigms. It incorporates contributions from four panel members with diverse perspectives and areas of expertise. First, each paradigm is described and definitions are presented. The difference between the process-oriented worldview and the event-oriented worldview within discrete-event simulation modeling, and the importance of this difference for cross-paradigm modeling, are discussed. Following the definitions, discussion of cross-paradigm modeling is given for each pair of these paradigms, highlighting current challenges and early successes in these areas. The basic time-advance mechanisms used in simulation modeling are also discussed, and the implications of these mechanisms for each paradigm is explored.