Main Acronyms Used in This Paper

Contents

1 Introduction

1.1 Agent-Based Modeling

1.2 Multi-Level Agent-Based Modeling

1.3 Terminology Issues

1.4 Bibliography

2 Theoretical Issues

2.1 Meta-Models, Simulation Engines and Platforms

2.2 Observation, Detection and Identification of Emergent Phenomena

2.3 Representation of Aggregated Entities

3 Application Domains

3.1 Social Simulation

3.2 Flow Modeling

3.3 Biological and Biomedical Models

3.4 Ecology

4 Discussion

4.1 Level Integration

4.2 Multi-Level Technical Tools

5 Conclusion