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2011 IEEE/ACM 15th International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications
Distributed Simulation of Situated Multi-agent Systems
Manchester, United Kingdom
September 04-September 07
ISBN: 978-0-7695-4553-0
This work develops techniques for modeling and distributed simulation of complex situated multi-agent systems, which are highly dynamic and possess an intrinsic spatial character. Each agent owns its spatial coordinates and acts and interacts with its peers in a hosting territory. In a distributed/parallel scenario of a typical situated agent model, the territory represents a huge shared variable. Frequent access by agents to territory information easily becomes a bottleneck degrading system performance and scalability. This paper proposes an original approach and supporting API to distributing situated multi-agent models using actors. The approach exploits time management for resolving conflicts and to achieve data consistency. Approach contribution is twofold: (a) it simplifies M&S tasks by making the modeler unaware of distribution concerns, (b) it is capable of ensuring good model scalability and simulation performance. Practical aspects of the approach are demonstrated by a Tile-World model and its distributed simulation experiments.
Index Terms:
Situated multi-agent systems, distributed simulation, distributed spatial environment, composed logical time, actors, HLA, Java
Citation:
Franco Cicirelli, Andrea Giordano, Libero Nigro, "Distributed Simulation of Situated Multi-agent Systems," ds-rt, pp.28-35, 2011 IEEE/ACM 15th International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications, 2011
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