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Third International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems - Volume 3 (AAMAS'04)
New York City, New York, USA
July 19-July 23
ISBN: 0-7695-2092-8
Vadim Gerasimov, CSIRO Centre for Intelligent Systems Design
Ying Guo, CSIRO Centre for Intelligent Systems Design
Geoff James, CSIRO Centre for Intelligent Systems Design
Geoff Poulton, CSIRO Centre for Intelligent Systems Design
Philip Valencia, CSIRO Centre for Intelligent Systems Design

We describe a software system1 to model and visualize 3D or 2D self-assembly of groups of autonomous agents. The system makes a physically accurate estimate of the interaction of agents represented as rigid cubic or tetrahedral structures with variable electrostatic charges on the faces and vertices. Local events cause the agents? charges to change according to user-defined rules or rules generated by genetic algorithms. The system is used as an experimental environment for theoretical and practical study of autonomous agent self-assembly. In particular, the system is used to further develop and test self-assembly properties of meso-blocks.

The software system will be applied to the analysis, prediction and design of self-assembly behavior of agents from atomic- to macro-scales. In particular, it will be a platform for developing design techniques that can be implemented in real nano-scale systems to achieve useful structures.

Citation:
Vadim Gerasimov, Ying Guo, Geoff James, Geoff Poulton, Philip Valencia, "Multiagent Self-Assembly Simulation Environment," aamas, vol. 3, pp.1382-1383, Third International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems - Volume 3 (AAMAS'04), 2004
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