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Simulation... of what? "General purpose simulation" doesn't really make sense to me as a concept, unless maybe there is some other meaning of the word simulati

Simulation... of what? "General purpose simulation" doesn't really make sense to me as a concept, unless maybe there is some other meaning of the word simulation that is meant here?

saghm 7y ago
I saw a talk from one of the founders just earlier this week at a meetup; it's essentially an engine that lets you model agent-based simulations and then multiple frontends that let you design them. He did several demos of their web-based UI, which could model simple things like Conway's Game of Life as well as much more complex things, like a 3D-representation of a thunderstorm in a rain forest. It was really cool!
- 7thaccount 7y ago
  Like Netlogo and GAMA?
  - antpls 7y ago
    From reading the link, it looks more like https://gym.openai.com/ https://gym.openai.com/ There is a Machine Learning component that is not in NetLogo
- garmaine 7y ago
  That doesn’t actually answer the question, although the examples inch forward towards an unknown answer. Agent-based simulations of... what, exactly?
  - koliber 7y ago
    Assuming you can code an agent representing the actor or component of what you are simulating, it sounds like “what” gets defined by you, the user.
    - DavidWilkinson 7y ago
      This ^^ Our starter models are pretty diverse and span real-world problems like optimizing controlled burns w/r/t wildfire containment, and improving Stack Overflow community dynamics (sorry... not a problem!) In addition we have several dozen classic ABM toy models such as Boids, Schelling segregation, and Conway's GoL. These individually showcase different components of the system.
tyingq 7y ago
I'm guessing it's similar to this, at least in purpose: https://github.com/NotSoOld/OpenGPSS/blob/master/README.md https://github.com/NotSoOld/OpenGPSS/blob/master/README.md "Examples of such systems: shops (one can move among shelves with food, then stay in queue, then process at the cashbox), computer systems (transacts are electric signals or information messages), public transport (people move from stop to stop)"
ericand 7y ago
Sounds like it is mostly business operations and organizational planning concerns. From the solutions page... Here are a few problems the community is working on: Cloud infrastructure orchestration Sales team remuneration Mergers and acquisitions Price sensitivity and revenue Warehouse operations Fleet efficiency Supply chain risk Macroeconomic policy Call center operations Store design/layout Critical national infrastructure Evacuation planning Political risk Marketing campaign efficiency Public health
wespiser_2018 7y ago
All the atoms in the universe!
mkl 7y ago
Agreed. This is one of the most bizarrely impenetrable landing pages I've ever seen. The "solutions" page is a wide-ranging list of vague topics, not solutions. Even the "demo simulations" link at the bottom provides no information without signing up.

Simulation... of what? "General purpose simulation" doesn't really make sense to me as a concept, unless maybe there is some other meaning of the word simulation that is meant here?

saghm 7y ago

I saw a talk from one of the founders just earlier this week at a meetup; it's essentially an engine that lets you model agent-based simulations and then multiple frontends that let you design them. He did several demos of their web-based UI, which could model simple things like Conway's Game of Life as well as much more complex things, like a 3D-representation of a thunderstorm in a rain forest. It was really cool!

7thaccount 7y ago
Like Netlogo and GAMA?
- antpls 7y ago
  From reading the link, it looks more like https://gym.openai.com/ https://gym.openai.com/ There is a Machine Learning component that is not in NetLogo
garmaine 7y ago
That doesn’t actually answer the question, although the examples inch forward towards an unknown answer. Agent-based simulations of... what, exactly?
- koliber 7y ago
  Assuming you can code an agent representing the actor or component of what you are simulating, it sounds like “what” gets defined by you, the user.
  - DavidWilkinson 7y ago
    This ^^ Our starter models are pretty diverse and span real-world problems like optimizing controlled burns w/r/t wildfire containment, and improving Stack Overflow community dynamics (sorry... not a problem!) In addition we have several dozen classic ABM toy models such as Boids, Schelling segregation, and Conway's GoL. These individually showcase different components of the system.

tyingq 7y ago

I'm guessing it's similar to this, at least in purpose: https://github.com/NotSoOld/OpenGPSS/blob/master/README.md https://github.com/NotSoOld/OpenGPSS/blob/master/README.md "Examples of such systems: shops (one can move among shelves with food, then stay in queue, then process at the cashbox), computer systems (transacts are electric signals or information messages), public transport (people move from stop to stop)"

ericand 7y ago

Sounds like it is mostly business operations and organizational planning concerns. From the solutions page... Here are a few problems the community is working on: Cloud infrastructure orchestration Sales team remuneration Mergers and acquisitions Price sensitivity and revenue Warehouse operations Fleet efficiency Supply chain risk Macroeconomic policy Call center operations Store design/layout Critical national infrastructure Evacuation planning Political risk Marketing campaign efficiency Public health

wespiser_2018 7y ago

All the atoms in the universe!

mkl 7y ago

Agreed. This is one of the most bizarrely impenetrable landing pages I've ever seen. The "solutions" page is a wide-ranging list of vague topics, not solutions. Even the "demo simulations" link at the bottom provides no information without signing up.