A multi-agent model for simulation of public crisis information dissemination. (2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Meng, Lingpeng; Kang, Qi; Han, Chuanfeng; Zhang, Bingkui
• Is Part Of: International journal of wireless and mobile computing. Volume 11:Number 1(2016)
• Page Start: 33
• Page End: 41
• Publication Date: 2016
• Subjects: public crises -- complex adaptive systems -- public opinion dissemination -- multi-agent modelling -- simulation -- multi-agent systems -- MAS -- agent-based systems -- crisis information dissemination -- crisis management -- emergency management; Mobile computing -- Periodicals; Wireless communication systems -- Periodicals; 004.6
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1741-1084

Abstract

In the public crisis dissemination process, the government, the media and the public form a complex multifaceted system. Grasping the behavioural characteristics and interactive relationship of the agents serves as the theoretical basis for responding effectively to public crises. This paper sets the agent attributes and behavioural prescriptions on the part of the government, the media and the public, and proposes a multi-agent model to simulate the effective factor of public crisis information dissemination. A variety of scenarios were set up on the Netlogo platform, and the evolution results under different parameters were compared and analysed.