Marketing activities support the market introduction of innovative goods or services by
furthering their diffusion and, thus, their success. However, such activities are rather …

Like other global mass gatherings, religious pilgrimages, such as Hajj, Arba'een, and the
Hindu festival Kumbh Mela, attract millions of pilgrims to gather at specific holy sites on …

Computational disease spread models can be broadly classified into differential equation-
based models (EBMs) and agent-based models (ABMs). We examine these models in the …

Market introduction and diffusion of new products is complex and multifaceted since it
involves spatially dispersed customers with individual preferences who may be exposed to a …

Abstract Background Agent-based models (ABMs) have been used to estimate the effects of
malaria-control interventions. Early studies have shown the efficacy of larval source …

The assessment of urban sustainability is increasingly being seen as essential to mitigate
the undesirable impacts of urbanisation in cities while improving communities' resilience to …

Reproducible modeling and simulation research has been identified as one of the Modeling
and Simulation (M&S) Grand Challenge activities. Recently, uncertainty quantification has …

In the last few decades, there has been an increasing interest in the field of sustainable
urban planning and it is in constant evolution across the world. Cities in develo** …

In agent-based modeling (ABM), an explicit spatial representation may be required for
certain aspects of the system to be modeled realistically. A spatial ABM includes landscapes …

It is estimated, today, that more than half of the world's population resides in towns and
cities. This population explosion has affected the development of urban areas. Such …