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The Agent-Based Business Process Simulation Approach

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This chapter introduces the ABBPS modeling perspective in Sect. 6.1. Next, Sect. 6.2 explores the main concepts of practical applications and theoretical implications of agent-based simulations, while Sect. 6.3 provides a brief review of the related topics, such as complexity concepts. Finally, Sect. 6.4 describes some advanced features of ABM adopted in the remainder of the book.

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