Redistribution systems iteratively redistribute mass between groups under the control of rules. PRAM is a framework for building redistribution systems. We discuss the relationships between redistribution systems, agent-based systems, compartmental models and Bayesian models. PRAM puts agent-based models on a sound probabilistic footing by reformulating them as redistribution systems. This provides a basis for integrating agent-based and probabilistic models. \pram/ extends the themes of probabilistic relational models and lifted inference to incorporate dynamical models and simulation. We illustrate PRAM with an epidemiological example.

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再分配系统和 PRAM

再分配系统在规则控制下迭代地在群体之间重新分配质量。PRAM 是一个构建再分配系统的框架。我们讨论了再分配系统、基于代理的系统、分区模型和贝叶斯模型之间的关系。PRAM 通过将基于代理的模型重新构建为再分​​配系统，将它们置于合理的概率基础上。这为集成基于代理和概率模型提供了基础。\pram/ 扩展了概率关系模型和提升推理的主题，以结合动态模型和模拟。我们用一个流行病学例子来说明 PRAM。