Macro and Micro Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation of Critical Infrastructures

Author

Casalicchio, Emiliano ; Galli, Emanuele ; Tucci, Salvatore

Author_Institution

Comput. Sci., Syst. & Production Dep., Univ. of Roma Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

fYear

2010

fDate

22-24 Feb. 2010

Firstpage

79

Lastpage

81

Abstract

All individuals of every nation rely on many infrastructures that provide us all essential services to support our welfare, economy and quality of life. These critical infrastructures are complex and interdependent systems and a comprehensive study of their dynamic is mainly addressed using simulative approaches. In this paper we discuss advantages, drawbacks, cost and scalability of two agent based methodologies (macro-agent based and micro-agent based simulation), and related implementations, to model and simulate interdependent critical infrastructures.

Keywords

critical infrastructures; digital simulation; multi-agent systems; public utilities; critical infrastructures; macro agent-based modeling; micro agent-based modeling; scalability; simulation; Analytical models; Computational modeling; Computer science; Computer simulation; Costs; Differential equations; Mathematical model; Physical layer; Production systems; Scalability; Critical infrastructures; agent-based modeling and simulation; complex systems; distributed simulation; distributed systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Complexity in Engineering, 2010. COMPENG '10.

Conference_Location

Rome

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5982-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/COMPENG.2010.20

Filename

5432902