Dissimjade: A framework for the development of agent-based distributed simulation systems
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| Title | Dissimjade: A framework for the development of agent-based distributed simulation systems |
| Publication Type | Conference Paper |
| Year of Publication | 2009 |
| Authors | Gianni, D., Andrea D'Ambrogio, and G. Iazeolla |
| Editor | |
| Conference Name | SIMUTools 2009 - 2nd International ICST Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques |
| Publisher | ICST |
| ISBN Number | 9789639799455 |
| Keywords | Agent based simulation, Discrete event simulation, Distributed computer systems, Distributed simulations, Framework, HLA, Intelligent agents, JADE, Multi agent systems, Silicate minerals |
| Abstract | The adoption of an agent-based approach that incorporates intelligence, adaptation and learning abilities has proved to significantly increase the realism and the accuracy of the simulation. Simulation systems of such a kind, however, require computational resources that might be considerable for a single agent, so to become unfeasible when the number of simulated agents scales up. A distributed environment is thus needed to allow the execution of such simulation systems, particularly in the case of scenarios populated by a large number of agents. Building an agent-based distributed simulation system, however, requires both specific expertise and knowledge of distributed simulation standards and a non-negligible amount of effort to develop ad-hoc components. This paper introduces a simulation framework named DisSimJADE, which enables the incorporation of distributed simulation facilities into existing agent-based systems. DisSimJADE is built on top of the popular agent-based framework JADE and allows to define agent-based simulation systems that can be transparently executed either in a local or distributed, therefore bringing significant savings in terms of effort and development time. In addition, DisSimJADE provides a uniform interface to the JADE framework, which further facilitates the production of distributed simulation systems to developers of JADE-based multi-agent systems. |
| URL | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84922896723&partnerID=40&md5=2916ed218703e0d34cb973b665080ff4 |
| DOI | 10.4108/ICST.SIMUTOOLS2009.5725 |