From Agent-Based Models to Network Analysis ( and Return ): The Policy-Making Perspective
In Figure 1 , we see a set of factories , specialized in executing different steps of each order / recipe . Orders are randomly generated and temporarily stored in an abstract place , as indicated .
Figure 1
In Figure 2 , production takes place and the orders move around the simulated world , generating the links between factories ( graphs can be undirected ). In order to
detect the strength of links , links have an attribute — quantity — measuring how many times the link has been strengthened by orders / recipes passing there .
Figure 2
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