In social science, the role of stakeholders is increasing in the development and use of simulation models. Their participation in the design of agent-based models (ABMs) has widely been considered as an efficient solution to the validation of this particular type of model. Traditionally, "agents" (as basic model elements) have not been concerned with stakeholders directly but via designers or r...

Eduardo Karahanian1,*, Mario Rivera-Meza2, María Elena Quintanilla2, Daniel Muñoz1, Katia Fernández3, and Yedy Israel2 Center for Biomedical Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Santiago, Chile, Program of Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile, and Faculty of Health and De...

با توجه به رشد بالای جمعیت در جهان و نیاز اطمینان از امنیت غذایی، افزایش تولید واحد سطح محصولات زراعی به‌منزلة راهبردی اساسی حل مسئلة تأمین غذا به‌شمار می‌رود. سوی دیگر، وجود محدودیت زیرکشت پایین‌بودن میانگین عملکرد برخی کشاورزی مانند گندم کشور، محصول می‌تواند راهکاری عملی پاسخ کشور محسوب شود. یکی مهم‌ترین بیماری‌های فوزاریوم است که، نقش پیش‌بینی این بیماری جلوگیری کاهش بهره‌وری محصول، مدل‌هایی...

Traffic aggregation is a basic networking operation that merges separate traffic streams in network switching and cross-connect nodes. This paper discusses the experimental results on a generalized and protocol-independent self-similar traffic generator based on the RPG model of OPNET. The aggregation processes results from merging of multiple traffic traces with various Hurst parameters, where...

Using a virtual world system for GPS-phones, we have developed a small RPG-like game to give information to tourists. Comparing with other virtual systems for mobile terminals, the cost of our system is much lower because only phones on the current market are required but no additional devices are needed. The game follows a Japanese famous tale and a player plays as the hero. We recruited twent...