TY - BOOK AU - Sarah Mohammed Motie Ahmed Amin AU - Mohamed Hassan Rasmy , AU - Mohammed Adel Elbeltagy , TI - From monopolistic to competitive markets environment : : Modeling using agent - based models / PY - 2011/// CY - Cairo : PB - Sarah Mohammed Motie Ahmed Amin , KW - Agent - based models KW - Monopolistic KW - Public service N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Computers and Information - Department of Operation Research and Decision Support; Issued also as CD N2 - Public service utilities all over the world have been facing pressure to be deregulated , evolving from regulated , vertically integrated monopoly structures to open markets that promote competition among suppliers and provide customers with a choice of services . This shift in market regime implies a fundamental change in the market laws , in the set of possible actions , the number of participants and the participants' strategies , since strategies that worked well under a monopolistic regime cannot be expected to work well in the different market environment UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -