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What is Virtual Time

Chapter 116
Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
A time advancement paradigm used to handle the course of events within the simulation model. Event based simulations use event queues that allow the simulation time to advance to the time stamp of the next event. In this way time scale can be stretched or compressed, depending on the needs of the model.
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An Overview of Multi-Agent Simulation in Organizations
Nikola Vlahovic (Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb, Croatia) and Vlatko Ceric (Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb, Croatia)
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 9
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5888-2.ch116
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Chapter 435
Multi-Agent Simulation in Organizations: An Overview
Denotes a time advancement paradigm used to handle the course of events within the simulation model. Event-based simulations use event queues that allow the simulation time to advance to the time stamp of the next event. In this way, the time scale can be stretched or compressed, depending on the needs of the model.
Published in Chapter: Multi-Agent Simulation in Organizations: An Overview; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Second Edition
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