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Modeling the Multiple Sclerosis Brain Disease Using Agents: What Works and What Doesn't?
Ayesha Muqaddas, Muaz A. Niazi
The human brain is one of the most complex living structures in the known Universe. It consists of billions of neurons and synapses. Due to its intrinsic complexity, it can be a fo…
A Formal Specification Framework for Smart Grid Components
Waseem Akram, Muaz A. Niazi
Smart grid can be considered as the next step in the evolution of power systems. It comprises of different entities and objects ranging from smart appliances, smart meters, generat…
Evaluating Roles of Central Users in Online Communication Networks: A Case Study of #PanamaLeaks
Mohsin Adalat, Muaz A. Niazi
Social media has changed the ways of communication, where everyone is equipped with the power to express their opinions to others in online discussion platforms. Previously, a numb…
Towards Agent-Based Model Specification in Smart Grid: A Cognitive Agent-based Computing Approach
Waseem Akram, Muaz A. Niazi, Laszlo Barna Iantovics
A smart grid can be considered as a complex network where each node represents a generation unit or a consumer. Whereas links can be used to represent transmission lines. One way t…
Towards Self-organized Large-Scale Shape Formation: A Cognitive Agent-Based Computing Approach
Yasir R. Darr, Muaz A. Niazi
Swarm robotic systems are currently being used to address many real-world problems. One interesting application of swarm robotics is the self-organized formation of structures and…
Towards a Formal, Visual Framework of Emergent Cognitive Development of Scholars
Amir Hussain, Muaz A. Niazi
Understanding the cognitive evolution of researchers as they progress in the academia is an important but complex problem, a problem belonging to a class of problems, which often r…
Clinical Decision Support Systems: A Visual Survey
Kamran Farooq, Bisma S Khan, Muaz A Niazi +2
Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS) form an important area of research. In spite of its importance, it is difficult for researchers to evaluate the domain primarily because of…
Tamper-Evident Complex Genomic Networks
Komal Batool, Muaz A. Niazi
Networks are important storage data structures now used to store personal information of individuals around the globe. With the advent of personal genome sequencing, networks are g…
A novel agent-based simulation framework for sensing in complex adaptive environments
Muaz A. Niazi, Amir Hussain
In this paper we present a novel Formal Agent-Based Simulation framework (FABS). FABS uses formal specification as a means of clear description of wireless sensor networks (WSN) se…
Agent-based computing from multi-agent systems to agent-based Models: a visual survey
Muaz A. Niazi, Amir Hussain
Agent-Based Computing is a diverse research domain concerned with the building of intelligent software based on the concept of "agents". In this paper, we use Scientometric analysi…
A discrete event system specification (DEVS)-based model of consanguinity
Noreen Akhtar, Muaz A. Niazi, Farah Mustafa +1
Consanguinity or inter-cousin marriage is a phenomenon quite prevalent in certain regions around the globe. Consanguineous parents have a higher risk of having offspring with conge…
Technical Problems With "Programmable self-assembly in a thousand-robot swarm"
Muaz A. Niazi
Rubenstein et al. present an interesting system of programmable self-assembled structure formation using 1000 Kilobot robots. The paper claims to advance work in artificial swarms…
A Novel Formal Agent-based Simulation Modeling Framework of an AIDS Complex Adaptive System
Amnah Siddiqa, Muaz A. Niazi
HIV/AIDS spread depends upon complex patterns of interaction among various sub-sets emerging at population level. This added complexity makes it difficult to study and model AIDS a…
Verification & Validation of Agent Based Simulations using the VOMAS (Virtual Overlay Multi-agent System) approach
Muaz A. Niazi, Amir Hussain, Mario Kolberg
Agent Based Models are very popular in a number of different areas. For example, they have been used in a range of domains ranging from modeling of tumor growth, immune systems, mo…
Towards A Novel Unified Framework for Developing Formal, Network and Validated Agent-Based Simulation Models of Complex Adaptive Systems
Muaz A. Niazi
Literature on the modeling and simulation of complex adaptive systems (cas) has primarily advanced vertically in different scientific domains with scientists developing a variety o…
Towards Social Autonomous Vehicles: Efficient Collision Avoidance Scheme Using Richardson's Arms Race Model
Faisal Riaz, Muaz A. Niazi
Background Road collisions and casualties pose a serious threat to commuters around the globe. Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) aim to make the use of technology to reduce the road accide…
Enhanced Emotion Enabled Cognitive Agent Based Rear End Collision Avoidance Controller for Autonomous Vehicles
Faisal Riaz, Muaz A. Niazi
Rear end collisions are deadliest in nature and cause most of traffic casualties and injuries. In the existing research, many rear end collision avoidance solutions have been propo…
Emotion Controlled Spectrum Mobility Scheme for Efficient Syntactic Interoperability In Cognitive Radio Based Internet of Vehicles
Faisal Riaz, Muaz A. Niazi
Blind spots are one of the causes of road accidents in the hilly and flat areas. These blind spot accidents can be decreased by establishing an Internet of Vehicles (IoV) using Veh…
Designing Autonomous Vehicles: Evaluating the Role of Human Emotions and Social Norms
Faisal Riaz, Muaz A. Niazi
Humans are going to delegate the rights of driving to the autonomous vehicles in near future. However, to fulfill this complicated task, there is a need for a mechanism, which enfo…
Game theory models for communication between agents: a review
Aisha D. Farooqui, Muaz A. Niazi
In the real world, agents or entities are in a continuous state of interactions. These inter- actions lead to various types of complexity dynamics. One key difficulty in the study…
Validation of Enhanced Emotion Enabled Cognitive Agent Using Virtual Overlay Multi-Agent System Approach
Faisal Riaz, Muaz A. Niazi
Making roads safer by avoiding road collisions is one of the main reasons for inventing Autonomous vehicles (AVs). In this context, designing agent-based collision avoidance compon…
Agent based Tools for Modeling and Simulation of Self-Organization in Peer-to-Peer, Ad-Hoc and other Complex Networks
Muaz A. Niazi, Amir Hussain
Agent-based modeling and simulation tools provide a mature platform for development of complex simulations. They however, have not been applied much in the domain of mainstream mod…
Network Community Detection: A Review and Visual Survey
Bisma S. Khan, Muaz A. Niazi
Community structure is an important area of research. It has received a considerable attention from the scientific community. Despite its importance, one of the key problems in loc…
Emerging Topics in Internet Technology: A Complex Networks Approach
Bisma S. Khan, Muaz A. Niazi
Communication networks, in general, and internet technology, in particular, is a fast-evolving area of research. While it is important to keep track of emerging trends in this doma…