PanSim + Sim-2APL: A Framework for Large-Scale Distributed Simulation with Complex Agents

Parantapa Bhattacharya*, A. Jan de Mooij, Davide Dell’Anna, Mehdi Dastani, Brian Logan, Samarth Swarup

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Abstract

Agent-based simulation is increasingly being used to model social phenomena involving large numbers of agents. However, existing agent-based simulation platforms severely limit the kinds of the social phenomena that can modeled, as they do not support large scale simulations involving agents with complex behaviors. In this paper, we present a scalable agent-based simulation framework that supports modeling of complex social phenomena. The framework integrates a new simulation platform that exploits distributed computer architectures, with an extension of a multi-agent programming technology that allows development of complex deliberative agents. To show the scalability of our framework, we briefly describe its application to the development of a model of the spread of COVID-19 involving complex deliberative agents in the US state of Virginia.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEngineering Multi-Agent Systems - 9th International Workshop, EMAS 2021, Revised Selected Papers
EditorsNatasha Alechina, Matteo Baldoni, Brian Logan
PublisherSpringer
Pages1-21
Number of pages21
ISBN (Print)9783030974565
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022
Event9th International Workshop on Engineering Multi-Agent Systems, EMAS 2021 - London, United Kingdom
Duration: 3 May 20214 May 2021

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume13190 LNAI
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference9th International Workshop on Engineering Multi-Agent Systems, EMAS 2021
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityLondon
Period3/05/214/05/21

Keywords

  • Agent-based simulation
  • Distributed simulation
  • Social simulation

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