Artificial Intelligence Approaches to Simulation

Recent years have seen a number of attempts to apply both AI methods and AI software tools to the development of both simulations and simulation packages. This paper discusses the motivation behind such work: the increasing need for AI researchers to include simulation in AI systems and use simulati...

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Published in:The Journal of the Operational Research Society 1987-08, Vol.38 (8), p.713-722
Main Authors: O'Keefe, Robert M., Roach, John W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied sciences
Artificial intelligence
Behavior modeling
Business and Management
Computer based
Customers
Exact sciences and technology
Expert systems
Management
Miscellaneous
Modeling
Operational research and scientific management
Operational research. Management science
Operations research
Operations Research/Decision Theory
Prolog
Reasoning
Simulation
Simulations
Software development tools
Special Issue Paper
Systems development
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Summary:Recent years have seen a number of attempts to apply both AI methods and AI software tools to the development of both simulations and simulation packages. This paper discusses the motivation behind such work: the increasing need for AI researchers to include simulation in AI systems and use simulation in research, and the need to model intelligent behaviour in OR simulation models. The current research and development effort is reviewed. A system called PROSS (the PROlog Simulation System), constructed to allow the integration of AI methods with traditional discrete simulation, is then briefly presented. It is concluded that AI software tools, and some of the novel approaches to simulation being taken by AI researchers, will have a considerable impact on simulation.
ISSN:0160-5682
1476-9360
DOI:10.1057/jors.1987.120