The history of the agent-based model can be traced back to the Von Neumann machine, a theoretical machine capable of reproduction.
Instead of using electronic signals like a conventional computer, it relies on the motion of spherical billiard balls in a friction-free environment made of buffers against which the balls bounce perfectly.
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