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This paper provides a survey and analysis of applications of Agent Based Simulation (ABS). A framework for describing and assessing the applications is presented and systematically applied. A general conclusion from the study is that even if ABS seems a promising approach to many problems involving simulation of complex systems of interacting entities, it seems as the full potential of the agent concept and previous research and development within ABS often is not utilized. We illustrate this by providing some concrete examples. Another conclusion is that important information of the applications, in particular concerning the implementation of the simulator, was missing in many papers. As an attempt to encourage improvements we provide some guidelines for writing ABS application papers.
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Davidsson, P., Holmgren, J., Kyhlbäck, H., Mengistu, D., Persson, M. (2007). Applications of Agent Based Simulation. In: Antunes, L., Takadama, K. (eds) Multi-Agent-Based Simulation VII. MABS 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 4442. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-76539-4_2
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