Two factors can confound the interpretation of an MAS application or model. First, the MAS’s dynamics interact in complex ways with those of its environment, and agent engineers need to distinguish the two. Second, “mean field” approximations of the behavior of the system may be useful for qualitative examination of the dynamics, but can differ surprisingly from the behavior that emerges from t...

Objective: To design and develop a continuous simulation model based on System Dynamics to analyze reproductive parameters considering artificial insemination policies aimed at sustainability in dairy herd. Methodology: The procedure is classified into four stages: (I) Analysis of the behavior herd definition problem, (II) Description processes contextualization model, (III) Generation prelimin...

Two factors can confound the interpretation of an enterprise model. First, the dynamics of the control technology interact in complex ways with those of the plant, and engineers need to be able to distinguish these effects. Second, “mean field” approximations of the behavior of the system may be useful for qualitative examination of the dynamics, but can differ in surprising ways from the behav...

In this article, dynamics of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) was studied, using computational fluid dynamics. Using MRI images of two special cases, a 2-dimensional model of the ventricular system was made. CSF velocity and pressure distribution in ventricular system have high importance since the flow pattern of this liquid has an important effect on intracranial pressure, i.e., ICP, which has a...

In 2003, the Object Management Group (OMG) officially introduced the Model-Driven Architecture (MDA). The specification explains how different OMG standards could be used together. MDA focuses on the concepts of Platform Independent Models and Platform Specific Models, two viewpoints on software systems, and how mappings between these two can be made in order to streamline software development....

The aim of this paper is robust identification of smart foam, as an electroacoustic transducer, considering unmodeled dynamics due to nonlinearities in behaviour at low frequencies and measurement noise at high frequencies as existent uncertainties. Set membership estimation combined with model error modelling technique is used where the approach is based on worst case scenario with unknown but...

Agent based modeling and simulation consider the behavior of agents acting in a system. The agents' interactions result in changing the agent’s behavior, the whole agent based system, and its environment. In this study, the manufacturing, sale, and receiving orders behaviors pertinent to manufacturing and sale agents acting across a pharmaceutical supply chain of an Iranian manufacturing medici...