Agent-Directed Simulation and Systems Engineering

Preface

Part 1: Background
1. Modeling and Simulation: A Comprehensive and Integrative View (T.Ören)
2. Agents: Agenthood, Agent Architechtures, and Agent Taxonomies (L.Uhrmacher)
3. Agent-directed Simulation (L.Yilmaz, T.Ören, N.Ghasem-Aghaee)
4. Tools for and Infrastructures of ADS (G.Ropella)
5. Systems Engineering: Basic Concepts and Life Cycle (A.Sage)
6. Cognitive Systems Engineering (J.Rasmussen)
7. Complex Adaptive Systems Engineering (A.Ilachinski)

Part 2: Systems Engineering for ADS
8. Systems Engineering for Simulation (J.Hollenbach)
9. Systems Analysis for ADS (F.Zambonelli)
10. Formal Specification of Agent System Models (M.d'Inverno, M.Luck)
11. Engineering Complex Adaptive Agent Systems (K.A.Richardson)
12. Systems Design for ADS (B.Homayoun Far)
13. System Engineering Tools for ADS (S.Jenkins)

Part 3: ADS for Systems Engineering
14. Simulation for Systems Engineering (J.Fuchs)
15. ADS for Systems Engineering (T.Ören, L.Yilmaz)
16. ADS for Cognitive Systems Engineering (R.Sun)
17. ADS for Decision Support System Design and Engineering (A.Tolk)
18. ADS for Work System and Organization Engineering (M.Sierhuis)
19. ADS for Manufacturing System Design and Engineering (S.M. Deen)

Part 4: Reliability
20. Reliability of Simulation Studies of Complex Systems (O.Balci, L.Yilmaz, T.Ören)

Author Index
Subject Index
Bios of Authors

Levent Yilmaz is assistant professor of computer science and software engineering at the College of Engineering, Auburn University, USA. Before joining the faculty in 2003, Professor Yilmaz worked as a senior research engineer in the Simulation and Software Division of Trident Systems, Inc., where he held the position of a lead project engineer and principle investigator for advanced simulation methodology, model-based verification, and simulation interoperability efforts. Professor Yilmaz received his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, USA.

Tuncer I. Ören is professor emeritus of computer science at the School of Information Technology and Engineering (SITE) of the University of Ottawa, Canada, where he held a chair as full professor from 1981 to 1996. Professor Ören's research interests focus on the topics of modelling and simulation, agent-directed simulation, cognitive simulation, reliability and quality, and ethics in simulation. He has published over 300 papers and several books.

"They provide an overview of the... areas; describe principles, methods, tools, and environments; and discuss application in such areas as testing and evaluation, process performance analysis, decision support, and organization and work system engineering." (SciTech Book News, December 2010) “It is probably the only book to date, to present the synergy between modeling and simulation, systems engineering, and agent technologies and to also deal with agent simulation and agent-supported simulation." ( Inside OR, November 2009)

"They provide an overview of the... areas; describe principles, methods, tools, and environments; and discuss application in such areas as testing and evaluation, process performance analysis, decision support, and organization and work system engineering." ( SciTech Book News , December 2010)

"It is probably the only book to date, to present the synergy between modeling and simulation, systems engineering, and agent technologies and to also deal with agent simulation and agent-supported simulation." ( Inside OR , November 2009)