Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	Μικροπροσομοίωση βασισμένη σε πράκτορες	Διακριτή Προσομοίωση Γεγονότων (DES)
Πεδίο	Προσομοίωση	Προσομοίωση
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	1957 (microsimulation); 2000s (hybrid ABMS)	1960s (formalized); modern computational form from 1970s onward
Δημιουργός	Orcutt, G. H. (microsimulation roots); Bonabeau, E. and others (ABM integration)	Banks, Carson, Nelson & Nicol (textbook lineage); foundational work by Tocher & Conway (1960s)
Τύπος	Hybrid simulation	Stochastic process simulation
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Birkin, M., & Clarke, M. (2012). The enhancement of spatial microsimulation models using geodemographics. Annals of Regional Science, 49(2), 515–532.	Banks, J., Carson, J.S., Nelson, B.L. & Nicol, D.M. (2010). Discrete-Event System Simulation (5th ed.). Pearson. ISBN: 978-0136062127
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	ABMS, Agent-Based Micro-Simulation, Microsimulation with Agent-Based Modeling, Hybrid ABM-Microsimulation	DES, event-driven simulation, Ayrık Olay Simülasyonu (DES)
Συναφείς	5	4
Σύνοψη	Agent-based microsimulation (ABMS) merges traditional microsimulation's individual-level statistical tracking with agent-based modeling's behavioral rules and interaction mechanisms. It creates virtual populations of heterogeneous agents who evolve over time according to transition probabilities, adaptive behaviors, and social interactions, producing emergent system-level outcomes from micro-level dynamics.	Discrete-Event Simulation (DES) is a computational modeling paradigm in which the state of a system changes only at a countable sequence of points in time — the events. Between events nothing changes, so the simulation clock jumps directly from one event to the next. Formalized through the foundational textbooks of Banks, Carson, Nelson and Nicol and of Law in the 1960s–2000s, DES has become the standard tool for analyzing queuing systems, healthcare patient flows, manufacturing lines, and logistics networks where entities move through resources over time.