Agent based models of language competition: macroscopic descriptions and order–disorder transitions

Agent Based Models of Language Competition: Macroscopic descriptions and Order-Disorder transitions

We investigate the dynamics of two agent based models of language competition. In the first model, each individual can be in one of two possible states, either using language X or language Y , while the second model incorporates a third state XY , representing individuals that use both languages (bilinguals). We analyze the models on complex networks and two-dimensional square lattices by analy...

Agent Based Models of Competition and Collaboration

Classifying Software Process Models Based on Natural Language Descriptions

Reuse of the valuable knowledge gained through the realization of software projects is an important step in order to overcome the well-known problems of software industry as for example wrong schedules and cost estimations, low productivity, and low product quality. To promote this kind of reuse we propose an approach relying on an explicit representation of software processes by process descri...

Simulation of Pedestrian Dynamics with Macroscopic and Microscopic Mathematical Models

Here, we collect two parts of a research project on the pedestrian flow modeling. Rapid growth in the volume of public transport and the need for its reasonable, efficient planning have made the description and modeling of transport and pedestrian behaviors as important research topics in the past twenty years. First, we present a macroscopic model for the pedestrian flow based on continuum mec...

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

Purpose: Simulating markets using agent‐based models must consider pricing. How‐ ever, the strategic nature of prices limits the development of agent‐based models with endogenous price competition. Methods: I propose an agent‐based algorithm based on Game Theory that allows us to simulate the pricing in different markets. I test the algorithm in five theoretical economic models from the industr...