Re: [Swarm-Modelling] Literature on modeling concurrency

[Curtis Smith]

The following article may be useful.

Schonfisch, B., and A. de Roos. 1999. Synchronous and asynchronous 
updating in cellular automata. Biosystems. 51(3):123-143.

Steve Railsback wrote:
> Does anyone know of useful, citable literature on the theory/concepts of 
>  scheduling concurrent events in simulation models?
>
> Much of Swarm's guts is about specifying the order in which actions are 
> executed, when the underlying assumption of time-step models is that all 
> the actions occur concurrently each step. What are different ways to 
> schedule concurrent events and what are their consequences? I want to 
> know where I can send people to get smart on such problems.
>
> I realize there are shelves-full of books on simulation, but the handful 
> I have looked at do not seem to be helpful on this topic. (Some of them 
> do not include the word "schedule" in their index.)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve