Paper Info
Title
Modeling agents and their environment in multi-level-DEVS
Abstract
Environments play an important role in multi-agent systems. They present the context agents operate in. When testing multi-agent systems by simulation, the environment and partly agents have to be modeled. We explore the potential of Multi-Level-DEVS to serve as a modeling formalism for agents, their environment, and the interaction between them. Multi-Level-DEVS combines a modular, hierarchical modeling with variable structures, dynamic interfaces, and explicit means for describing up- and downward causation between different levels of the compositional hierarchy. The modeling in Multi-Level-DEVS emphasizes the role of the environment to provide information for and enforce constrains on the situated agents. A smart meeting room scenario is modeled, and an approach aimed at recognizing user activities in smart environments is tested and evaluated in a simulation study.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.5555/2429759.2430074
Winter Simulation Conference
Keywords
Field
DocType
compositional hierarchy,simulation study,smart environment,different level,hierarchical modeling,important role,context agent,multi-agent system,modeling formalism,smart meeting room scenario,formal specification,multi agent systems
Situated,Smart environment,Computer science,Simulation,Formal specification,Multi-agent system,DEVS,Downward causation,Modular design,Hierarchy
Conference
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
0891-7736
978-1-4799-2077-8
7
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.51
15
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Alexander Steiniger1122.71
Frank Krüger282.57
Adelinde M. Uhrmacher375581.53