A framework for modeling and simulating human behavior in complex systems

Author

Lee, Seung Man ; Remington, Roger W. ; Ravinder, Ujwala

Author_Institution

NASA Ames Res. Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA

Volume

4

fYear

2005

fDate

10-12 Oct. 2005

Firstpage

3161

Abstract

Agent-based modeling and simulation (ABMS) is of increasing interest for the analysis of complex systems consisting of a large number of subsystems interacting with each other in complex ways to accomplish their goals. The overall dynamic behavior of such a complex system typically emerges from the interactions among subsystems of the system. This paper describes a framework for modeling and simulating such complex systems. Of particular interest is developing a computational agent model of human operators interacting with other technical systems in a complex system. We present an example of developing and incorporating a human agent modeling system into an agent-based simulation system to support the design and evaluation of advanced air transportation concepts.

Keywords

aircraft; human computer interaction; large-scale systems; multi-agent systems; agent-based modeling; agent-based simulation system; air transportation; complex system; computational agent model; dynamic behavior; human agent modeling system; human behavior; human operator; Aerospace control; Air traffic control; Aircraft navigation; Airports; Analytical models; Cognition; Computational modeling; Control systems; Humans; Large-scale systems; Agent-based modeling and simulation; complex systems; emergent behavior; human performance model;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 2005 IEEE International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9298-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSMC.2005.1571632

Filename

1571632