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A modular multi-agent framework for innovation diffusion in changing business environments: conceptualization, formalization and implementation

Understanding how innovations are accepted in a dynamic and complex market environment is a crucial factor for competitive advantage. To understand the relevant factors for this diffusion and to predict succes...

Authors: Simon Johanning, Fabian Scheller, Daniel Abitz, Claudius Wehner and Thomas Bruckner

Self-organizing topology for energy-efficient ad-hoc communication networks of mobile devices

When physical communication network infrastructures fail, infrastructure-less communication networks such as mobile ad-hoc networks (MANET), can provide an alternative. This, however, requires MANETs to be ada...

Authors: Indushree Banerjee, Martijn Warnier and Frances M. T. Brazier

Review of cellular biophysics and modeling: a primer on the computational biology of excitable cells

Greg Conradi Smith

Authors: Qasim Ali Chaudhry

Multiobjective clustering algorithm for complex data in learning management systems

Learning Management Systems (LMS) is now an emergent technology where massive data are collected and requires handling. This data comes from different sources with multiple features which represents another co...

Authors: Rabie A. Ramadan, Majed Mohaia Alhaisoni and Ahmed Y. Khedr

False data injection attack (FDIA): an overview and new metrics for fair evaluation of its countermeasure

The concept of false data injection attack (FDIA) was introduced originally in the smart grid domain. While the term sounds common, it specifically means the case when an attacker compromises sensor readings i...

Authors: Mohiuddin Ahmed and Al-Sakib Khan Pathan

Formal approach to model complex adaptive computing systems

Complex adaptive systems provide a significant number of concepts such as reaction, interaction, adaptation, and evolution. In general, these concepts are modelled employing different techniques which give an ...

Authors: Abdessamad Jarrar, Abderrahim Ait Wakrime and Youssef Balouki

Evolutionary understanding of the conditions leading to estimation of behavioral properties through system dynamics

One of the basic approaches in science views behavioral products as a process within a dynamic system. The mechanism might be seen as a representation of many instances of centralized control in real time. Man...

Authors: Chulwook Park

Review of “The Model Thinker” by Scott Page

Scott E. Page

Authors: Muaz A. Niazi, László Barna Iantovics and Anatoly Temkin

A tale of lock-free agents: towards Software Transactional Memory in parallel Agent-Based Simulation

With the decline of Moore’s law and the ever increasing availability of cheap massively parallel hardware, it becomes more and more important to embrace parallel programming methods to implement Agent-Based Si...

Authors: Jonathan Thaler and Peer-Olaf Siebers

Second-order control of complex systems with correlated synthetic data

The generation of synthetic data is an essential tool to study complex systems, allowing for example to test models of these in precisely controlled settings, or to parametrize simulation models when data is m...

Authors: Juste Raimbault

Trusted service manager (TSM) based privacy preserving and secure mobile commerce framework with formal verification

Mobile contactless payment (MCP) is the future technology that is used for mobile payments, mobile wallet, transportation, and for mobile coupons. Existing solutions in this realm do not ensure end-to-end comm...

Authors: Shaik Shakeel Ahamad and Al-Sakib Khan Pathan

Review of design optimization of fluid machinery: applying computational fluid dynamics and numerical optimization

Authors: Kwang-Yong Kim, Abdus Samad, Ernesto Benini

Authors: Qasim Ali Chaudhry and Qasem M. Al-Mdallal

Review of “Exploratory Social Network Analysis with Pajek” by Wouter De Nooy, Andrej Mrvar and Vladimir Batageli

De Nooy W., Mrvar A., and Batagelj V.

Authors: Muaz A. Niazi, Athanasios Vasilakos and Anatoly Temkin

Multi-agents features on Android platforms

The current paper shows the multi-agents capabilities for valid and flexible applications when using a framework. Agent-based functions were used within JADE framework for an Android messaging application with...

Authors: Camelia-M. Pintea, Andreea Camelia Tripon, Anca Avram and Gloria-Cerasela Crişan

Monkeys, trees, and the right abstraction!

Authors: Muaz A. Niazi and Lazlo Barna Iantovics

A three-phase decision making approach for self-adaptive systems using web services

A self-adaptive system adapts itself to changes in a dynamic environment. The core in self-adaptive systems is making an adaptation decision. The current practice focuses on a single layer of decision making u...

Authors: Dhrgam AL-Kafaf, Dae-Kyoo Kim and Lunjin Lu

Formal and computational modeling of anticipation mechanisms of resilience in the complex sociotechnical air transport system

With ever-growing numbers of passengers and complexity of the air transport system, it becomes more and more of a challenge to manage the system in an effective, safe, and resilient manner. This is especially ...

Authors: Anne-Nynke Blok, Alexei Sharpanskykh and Matthieu Vert

Formal modeling of a complex adaptive air traffic control system

Air traffic control system in airports is one of the most complex systems in the context of air traffic management due to the huge number of requirements. In order to help engineers to develop such complex sys...

Authors: Abdessamad Jarrar and Youssef Balouki

A formal specification framework for smart grid components

Smart grid can be considered as the next step in the evolution of power systems. It comprises of different entities and objects ranging from smart appliances, smart meters, generators, smart storages, and more...

Authors: Waseem Akram and Muaz A. Niazi

Personal vs. know-how contacts: which matter more in wiki elections?

The use of online social media is also connected with the real world. A very common example of this is the effect of social media coverage on the chances of success of elections. Previous literature has identi...

Authors: Yousra Asim, Muaz A. Niazi, Basit Raza and Ahmad Kamran Malik

Embodied modeling approach to explore tumour cells drug resistance

Mathematical modelling provides mechanistic insight of an infirmity by emulating the course of disease on individual or group level under various interventions and hence makes pragmatic contribution to complem...

Authors: Ayesha Sohail, Lubna Sherin, Zhiwu Li and Qasim Ali Chaudhry

Agent-based models and industrial organization theory. A price-competition algorithm for agent-based models based on Game Theory

Simulating markets using agent-based models must consider pricing. However, the strategic nature of prices limits the development of agent-based models with endogenous price competition.

Authors: Juan Manuel Sanchez-Cartas

A scheme to analyze agent-based social simulations using exploratory data mining techniques

Exploring and understanding outputs from agent-based models is challenging due to a relatively higher number of parameters and multidimensionality of the generated data. We use a combination of exploratory and...

Authors: M. Hammad Patel, Mujtaba Ahmed Abbasi, M. Saeed and Shah Jamal Alam

The Lattice Boltzmann method and computational analysis of bone dynamics-I

Bone is comprised of an enormously hierarchical construction that promotes transportation of necessary fluids and solids, guaranteeing accurate function and growth. Bone remodeling is a combined process of bon...

Authors: Sana Javed, Ayesha Sohail, Khadija Maqbool, Saad Ihsan Butt and Qasim Ali Chaudhry

A review of “Random graphs and complex networks” by Hofstad

Hofstad, R

Authors: Ghulam Abbas

Formal model of earthquake disaster mitigation and management system

Wireless sensor and actors networks (WSANs) have become an important research area due to its large number of applications in safety, security and mission-critical systems. Natural disasters such as earthquake...

Authors: Nazir Ahmad Zafar and Hamra Afzaal

An agent-based simulation of cooperation in the use of irrigation systems

This study presents an agent-based simulation of the formation of cooperation in using irrigation. The simulation model is developed based on our understanding of the underlying mechanisms by which farmer hous...

Authors: Jingjing Cai and Hang Xiong

The generalized traveling salesman problem solved with ant algorithms

Authors: Camelia-M. Pintea, Petrică C. Pop and Camelia Chira

Why teach modeling & simulation in schools?

Authors: Muaz A. Niazi and Anatoly Temkin

The value of systems and complexity sciences for healthcare: a review

Editor: Joachim P. Sturmberg

Authors: Fozia Anwar, Afifa Yousafzai and Muaz A. Niazi

A game-theory modeling approach to utility and strength of interactions dynamics in biomedical research social networks

Collaboration has become a cornerstone in biomedical research today. In contrast to physics which has a long history and experience in collaborative projects, biology is only recently becoming an evermore coll...

Authors: J. Mario Siqueiros-García, Rodrigo García-Herrera, Enrique Hernández-Lemus and Sergio Alcalá-Corona

Modeling the internet of things: a hybrid modeling approach using complex networks and agent-based models

Sensors, coupled with transceivers, have quickly evolved from technologies purely confined to laboratory test beds to workable solutions used across the globe. These mobile and connected devices form the nuts ...

Authors: Komal Batool and Muaz A. Niazi

Multi-Agent Foraging: state-of-the-art and research challenges

The foraging task is one of the canonical testbeds for cooperative robotics, in which a collection of robots has to search and transport objects to specific storage point(s). In this paper, we investigate the Mu...

Authors: Ouarda Zedadra, Nicolas Jouandeau, Hamid Seridi and Giancarlo Fortino

A computational treatment of generalized reference

Medieval logic defined reference as a relation between language and objects in the world. Recently, however, the term ``representational token'' has been used instead of language (Reimer and Michaelson in The...

Authors: Roland Hausser

A Cognitive Agent-based Model for Multi-Robot Coverage at a City Scale

In this article, we model a behavior-based strategy of autonomous coverage and exploration at the scale of a city with multiple robots. The behavioral components are motivated by Cepeda et al. (Sensors 12 (9):...

Authors: Kashif Zia, Ahmad Din, Khurram Shahzad and Alois Ferscha

Formal analysis of subnet-based failure recovery algorithm in wireless sensor and actor and network

Wireless sensor and actor networks (WSANs) have various applications in safety and mission critical systems. Sensors are used for sensing the information whereas actors for taking intelligent decisions. Develo...

Authors: Hamra Afzaal and Nazir Ahmad Zafar

Erratum to: A survey on MAC protocols for complex self-organizing cognitive radio networks

Authors: Munam Ali Shah, Sijing Zhang, Muhammad Kamran, Qaisar Javaid and Bahjat Fatima

Towards internet of things modeling: a gateway approach

Internet of things (IoT) is an interaction between more than one network to facilitate communication. These networks by themselves are complex networks. Therefore, IoT network is expected to grow at unpreceden...

Authors: Ahmed B. Altamimi and Rabie A. Ramadan

Formation of reciprocal appreciation patterns in small groups: an agent-based model

In small cooperative and collaborative groups, patterns of interaction, discourse and dialogue are often strongly bidirectional; ties are reciprocal and reciprocated. This reciprocation of ties leads to the fo...

Authors: Ismo T. Koponen and Maija Nousiainen

Review of “CiteSpace: A Practical Guide For Mapping Scientific Literature” by Chaomei Chen

Chen, C

Authors: Muaz A. Niazi

Combining graph embedding and sparse regression with structure low-rank representation for semi-supervised learning

In this paper, we propose a novel method for semi-supervised learning by combining graph embedding and sparse regression, termed as graph embedding and sparse regression with structure low rank representation ...

Authors: Cong-Zhe You, Vasile Palade and Xiao-Jun Wu

Self-enforcing agreement in cooperative teams: an agent-based modeling approach

In cooperative teams (such as agricultural cooperatives), self-enforcing agreement plays a critical role in guaranteeing members’ work incentives when the monitoring from a third party is absent. In order to p...

Authors: Hang Xiong, Stephen Kinsella and Diane Payne

Managing and engineering complex technological systems: a review

Zonnenshain A, Stauber S.

Authors: Ghulam Abbas

Mathematical modeling and optimization of complex structures: a review

Pekka Neittaanmäki, Sergey Repin and Tero Tuovinen (Eds.).

Authors: Samia Riaz, Qasim Ali Chaudhry and Sidra Siddiqui

A survey on MAC protocols for complex self-organizing cognitive radio networks

Complex self-organizing cognitive radio (CR) networks serve as a framework for accessing the spectrum allocation dynamically where the vacant channels can be used by CR nodes opportunistically. CR devices must...

Authors: Munam Ali Shah, Sijing Zhang, Muhammad Kamran, Qaisar Javaid and Bahjat Fatima

On the real time modeling of interlocking system of passenger lines of Rawalpindi Cantt train station

Recent advancements in technology have enabled railway organizations to shift from manual to computer based automated interlocking systems for increasing their efficiency and profits. Since automated systems a...

Authors: Umar Khan, Jamil Ahmad, Tariq Saeed and Sikandar Hayat Mirza

On the role of evangelism in consensus formation: a simulation approach

Opinions continuously evolve in society. While conservative ideas may get replaced by a new one, some views remain immutable. Opinion formation and innovation diffusion have witnessed lots of attention in the ...

Authors: Ishank Sharma, Bishwaraj Chourasia, Abhishek Bhatia and Rinkaj Goyal

Road collisions avoidance using vehicular cyber-physical systems: a taxonomy and review

Road traffic is known to have its own complex dynamics. One implication of complexity is that road traffic collisions have become an unwelcome but unavoidable part of human life. One of the major causes of col...

Authors: Faisal Riaz and Muaz A. Niazi

Using social network analysis of human aspects for online social network software: a design methodology

Online social networks share similar topological characteristics as real-world social networks. Many studies have been conducted to analyze the online social networks, but it is difficult to link human interes...

Authors: Faiza Ghafoor and Muaz A. Niazi

Game theory models for communication between agents: a review

In the real world, agents or entities are in a continuous state of interactions. These interactions lead to various types of complexity dynamics. One key difficulty in the study of complex agent interactions i...

Authors: Aisha D. Farooqui and Muaz A. Niazi