Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	Διακριτή Προσομοίωση Γεγονότων (DES)	Μοντελοποίηση Βασισμένη σε Πράκτορες (ABM)
Πεδίο	Προσομοίωση	Προσομοίωση
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	1960s (formalized); modern computational form from 1970s onward	1970s–1990s (formalized as a field)
Δημιουργός	Banks, Carson, Nelson & Nicol (textbook lineage); foundational work by Tocher & Conway (1960s)	Thomas Schelling and Robert Axelrod (foundational contributions, 1970s–1990s)
Τύπος	Stochastic process simulation	Computational simulation method
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Banks, J., Carson, J.S., Nelson, B.L. & Nicol, D.M. (2010). Discrete-Event System Simulation (5th ed.). Pearson. ISBN: 978-0136062127	Axelrod, R. (1997). The Complexity of Cooperation: Agent-Based Models of Competition and Collaboration. Princeton University Press.
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	DES, event-driven simulation, Ayrık Olay Simülasyonu (DES)	ABM, Ajan Tabanlı Modelleme (ABM), multi-agent simulation, individual-based modeling
Συναφείς	4	5
Σύνοψη	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.	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.