agent-based model
- noun
- /ˈeɪdʒənt-beɪst ˈmɒdəl/
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modelo basado en agentes
- Infectious disease researchers have used agent-based models extensively to quantify policy impacts, including studies that examine the effects of vaccination and school closure policies during an influenza pandemic on disease outcomes at the overall population level.
- using an agent-based model
Examples
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We examined the impact of access to PSDs on influenza incidence using an agent-based model.
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Researchers have developed an agent-based model to simulate how traffic flows in a busy city.
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Some of this complexity may be addressed by agent-based models.
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Integrative, agent-based models.
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Agent-based models tend to require ad hoc assumptions that are difficult to validate.
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The conceptual framework will be used to organize the collection of empirical data that will be analyzed across case studies, which will, in turn, be used for developing models, including agent-based models and game-theoretic analyses.
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Agent-based models, sometimes referred to as "individual-based" models or "multiagent systems" (Bousquet and Le Page 2004), have their origins in computer science and complex-systems theory.
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Box 2 illustrates an example of the output from a nonspatial agent-based model based on the ecological stoichiometry of three species of mycorrhizal fungi and a host plant.
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We used an agent-based model of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, with PSD data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, standard influenza epidemic parameters, and the probability of staying home when ill.
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The agent-based model helped scientists understand the spread of diseases by simulating individual interactions.
Synonyms
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A model of a real situation made to study or test it, often on a computer
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A machine or program that copies real situations for training and testing
How Complex
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Surface Forms
Morphology
agent-based + model
The compound combines 'agent-based' (based on agents/actors) with 'model' (a representation or simulation), so a learner who knows 'agent' and 'based' can infer 'a model based on agents' that simulate their actions. Although it's technical vocabulary, the meaning is directly compositional and follows regular English word-formation patterns, making it understandable to learners who know the constituent words.
Etymology
The noun agent-based model is a computer model that puts many small, independent actors called agents into a simple virtual world. Each agent follows a few simple rules and their actions add up to a big pattern, so the model shows how the behavior of many individuals can change the whole system.