Distributed Simulation of MAS

The efficient simulation of a multi-agent system presents particular challenges which are not addressed by standard parallel discrete event simulation (PDES) models and techniques. While the modelling and simulation of agents, at least at a coarse grain, is relatively straightforward, it is harder to apply conventional PDES approaches to the simulation of the agents’ environment. The efficient simulation of the environment of a multi-agent system is therefore a key problem in the distributed simulation of MAS. In [1] we proposed a new approach to the simulation of the environment of a MAS. In this paper we extend this model and briefly describe the current state of our implementation of these ideas.