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  4. MAS
  5. 10.46354/i3m.2019.mas.003

Simulation model of supply networks development

  • a Petr Fiala  , 
  • b Martina Kuncová  
  • ab College of Polytechnics Jihlava, Czech Republic

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Fiala P., Kuncová M. (2019). Simulation model of supply networks development. Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Modelling and Applied Simulation (MAS 2019), pp. 16-21. DOI: https://doi.org/10.46354/i3m.2019.mas.003
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Abstract

The paper is dedicated to network development in the network economy. The current economy needs to look not only at networks with only dynamic flows and with a fixed structure, but as a dynamic system its structure evolves and changes. Structure and behaviour dynamics of network systems can be modelled as complex adaptive systems and use agent-oriented simulation to demonstrate origin, perturbation effects, and sensitivity with regard to initial conditions. Survival of firms is associated with the value of so-called fitness function. Firms whose fitness value falls below a certain threshold will be extinguished. In this way, it is possible to partially model network growth. A simulation model in SIMUL8 is proposed.

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