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	Μοντελοποίηση Βασισμένη σε Πράκτορες (ABM)	Δυναμική Συστημάτων
Πεδίο	Προσομοίωση	Προσομοίωση
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	1970s–1990s (formalized as a field)	1961
Δημιουργός	Thomas Schelling and Robert Axelrod (foundational contributions, 1970s–1990s)	Jay W. Forrester
Τύπος	Computational simulation method	Continuous simulation / feedback modelling
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Axelrod, R. (1997). The Complexity of Cooperation: Agent-Based Models of Competition and Collaboration. Princeton University Press.	Sterman, J.D. (2000). Business Dynamics: Systems Thinking and Modeling for a Complex World. Irwin McGraw-Hill. ISBN: 978-0072389159
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	ABM, Ajan Tabanlı Modelleme (ABM), multi-agent simulation, individual-based modeling	stock-flow modelling, Sistem Dinamiği (Stock-Flow Modelleme), SD modelling, feedback simulation
Συναφείς	5	3
Σύνοψη	Agent-based modeling (ABM) is a computational simulation method, formalized through the work of Thomas Schelling and Robert Axelrod in the 1970s–1990s, that simulates the behavior of complex systems by specifying and running autonomous agents — individuals, firms, cells, or any bounded entity — whose local interactions with each other and with their environment collectively produce global, system-level patterns that could not be predicted from any single agent's rules alone.	System dynamics is a continuous simulation method, developed by Jay W. Forrester at MIT in 1961, that represents a complex system through stocks (accumulations), flows (rates of change), and feedback loops. By expressing these relationships as coupled ordinary differential equations, it reproduces how policies, delays, and nonlinear feedbacks drive system behaviour over time — making it a cornerstone tool in policy analysis, organisational modelling, and sustainability research.