Simulating Complex Systems - Complex System Theories, Their Behavioural Characteristics and Their Simulation

Rabia Aziza, Amel Borgi, Hayfa Zgaya, Benjamin Guinhouya

2016

Abstract

Complexity science offers many theories such as chaos theory and coevolutionary theory. These theories illustrate a large set of real life systems and help decipher their nonlinear and unpredictable behaviours. Categorizing an observed Complex System among these theories depends on the aspect that we intend to study, and it can help better understand the phenomena that occur within the system. This article aims to give an overview on Complex Systems and their modelling. Therefore, we compare these theories based on their main behavioural characteristics, e.g. emergence, adaptability, and dynamism. Then we compare the methods used in the literature to model and simulate Complex Systems, and we propose and discuss simple guidelines to help understand one’s Complex System and choose the most adequate model to simulate it.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Aziza R., Borgi A., Zgaya H. and Guinhouya B. (2016). Simulating Complex Systems - Complex System Theories, Their Behavioural Characteristics and Their Simulation . In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 2: ICAART, ISBN 978-989-758-172-4, pages 298-305. DOI: 10.5220/0005684602980305

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icaart16,
author={Rabia Aziza and Amel Borgi and Hayfa Zgaya and Benjamin Guinhouya},
title={Simulating Complex Systems - Complex System Theories, Their Behavioural Characteristics and Their Simulation},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 2: ICAART,},
year={2016},
pages={298-305},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005684602980305},
isbn={978-989-758-172-4},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 2: ICAART,
TI - Simulating Complex Systems - Complex System Theories, Their Behavioural Characteristics and Their Simulation
SN - 978-989-758-172-4
AU - Aziza R.
AU - Borgi A.
AU - Zgaya H.
AU - Guinhouya B.
PY - 2016
SP - 298
EP - 305
DO - 10.5220/0005684602980305