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A Proposition on Applying Agent-based Model for Analyzing Logistics System

물류시스템 분석을 위한 행위자 기반 모형 적용에 대한 제언

  • 김준혁 (전남대학교 산업공학과)
  • Received : 2010.07.28
  • Accepted : 2010.09.07
  • Published : 2010.09.30
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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to propose applying agent-based model(ABM) for analyzing logistics system. Logistics problems become more complex and multi-faceted. As a result, the behavior of the system becomes more and more difficult to predict, we see the limitations of the traditional top-down approach in handling complexity. The ABM, that is the bottom-up approach, provides new modeling framework in system modeling. The ABM focuses on the interactions of subsystem or agents in whole system. Then the macroscopic picture of the whole system behavior is emerged as the microscopic interactions of agents are aggregated. The ABM assumes that each agent acts based on simple rules learned from dynamic interactions among other agents or its surrounding environment. The ABM has a great advantage in understanding emergent phenomenon that cannot be explained only through considering individual attributes. The ABM is an extremely useful method to analyze complex system such as logistics system. Therefore, the great research efforts and applications on the ABM to logistics system are encouraged in future.

현대 물류시스템은 점점 더 다각화되고 복잡한 형태로 변화하고 있다. 그 결과 시스템의 거시적인 행태 분석과 예측은 더욱 더 어려워지고 있다. 전통적 분석 방법은 하향식 분석 방법으로 복잡성이 높은 물류시스템에 대한 적용에 있어 한계를 갖는다. 행위자 기반 모형은 상향식 분석 방법으로 시스템 모형화에 있어 새로운 사고방식의 틀을 제공한다. 행위자 기반 모형은 전체시스템의 하위시스템, 즉 행위자의 상호작용에 초점을 맞춘다. 전체시스템의 거시적인 행태는 행위자의 미시적인 상호작용을 결집시킴으로서 발현된다. 행위자 기반 모형은 행위자 기능의 정의에 따라, 분석의 영역을 자유롭게 조정할 수 있고, 각 행위자의 상호작용 모형화와 이를 통해 얻어진 전체시스템의 거시적인 행태와의 인과관계 분석도 가능하다. 물류시스템의 복잡성은 시스템 내 존재하는 다수의 참가자들의 복잡한 상호작용과 시스템의 목적과 독립적인 의사결정 등에 기인한다. 행위자 기반 모형은 행위자를 자신의 목적 달성을 위하여 외부, 다른 행위자 간 상호작용을 통해 습득한 단순명료한 규칙에 기반하여 행동한다고 가정한다. 행위자 기반 모형의 이점은 모형화 과정을 보다 단순하게 만들고 이를 통하여 각 하위시스템의 특성만으로는 설명할 수 없는 현상, 즉 창발성을 파악할 수 있다는 점이다. 따라서 행위자 기반 모형은 물류시스템과 같은 복잡하고 동적인 시스템의 분석에 매우 유용한 기법으로 이에 대한 많은 연구와 적용이 이루어져야 한다.

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