An Anthology on the Homology of Simulation with Artificial Intelligence

Abstract

Simulation and artificial intelligence (AI) can be related in the following ways: the methodological similarities, the actual and potential uses of AI concepts in simulation, expert systems in simulation environments, and the gains for AI when applying ideas from simulation. This paper highlights the personal experiences of the author by discussing, for each of the four above-mentioned areas, a topic or a computer system in which he is directly involved. To highlight the similarities, it will be shown that the three-phase simulation model can be considered as a production-system model. A natural-language understanding system that was used in the definition stage of a simulation project will provide the basis for discussing AI concepts in simulation environments. An expert system used in the development and verification stages will provide an insight into the application of expert systems in simulation modelling. An expert-system development tool which is partially based on simulation techniques will be used to outline the gains for AI.