Title
Lightweight Distributed Component-Oriented Multi-Agent Simulation Platform
Abstract
Existing solutions for agent-based systems turn out to be limited in some applications, like agent-based computing or simulations, where very large numbers of clearly defined agents interact heavily within a closed system. In those cases, fully-fledged, FIPA(1) compliant environment introduce unnecessary overhead, but simple tools fail to scale when confronted to bigger problems. In this paper, we introduce an alternative agent environment called AgE, targeted at medium-sized simulation and computational applications, which use multi-agent and computational intelligence paradigms, but does not need full FIPA compliancy, and would benefit from a component-based approach and distributed computing capabilities. After giving a short review of selected popular multi-agent platforms, the main features of AgE are presented. Next, some basic usability topics are addressed. Then the most interesting architectural aspects of the platform are discussed. Finally, AgE possibilities are demonstrated with two example applications.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.7148/2013-0469
PROCEEDINGS 27TH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON MODELLING AND SIMULATION ECMS 2013
Keywords
Field
DocType
agent-based computing, component-based systems, agent-based simulation
Computational intelligence,Computer science,Usability,Component oriented programming,Distributed computing
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
4
0.47
5
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Daniel Krzywicki1363.76
Lukasz Faber2325.07
Kamil Pietak3135.98
Aleksander Byrski426945.03
Marek Kisiel-Dorohinicki527442.43