Using multi-agent simulation models to assess maritime piracy countermeasures: a case study of piracy attacks in the straits of Malacca and Singapore.

Chausteur, Alexis ; Lowagie, Antoine
(2018)

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Supervisors
Agrell, Per Joakim
Faculty
Louvain School of Management
Degree label
Master [120] en Ingénieur de gestion
Abstract
In the straits of Malacca and Singapore (SOMS), the threat of maritime piracy undermines the safety and cost-efficiency of maritime transit. To this day, most countermeasures have focused on international relations and military deployment, whereas agent-based simulation models have received little attention. This thesis aims at assessing the effectiveness of various countermeasures to sea piracy in the SOMS based on simulation results from an agent-based model developed on the occasion of this study, using an existing simulation platform.