Title :
Integrating BDI reasoning into agent based modeling and simulation
Author :
Padgham, Lin ; Scerri, David ; Jayatilleke, Gaya ; Hickmott, Sarah
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput. Sci. & Inf. Technol., RMIT Univ., Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Abstract :
Agent Based modeling (ABM) platforms such as Repast and its predecessors are popular for developing simulations to understand complex phenomenon and interactions. Such simulations are increasingly used as support tools for policy and planning. This work takes a Belief Desire Intention (BDI) agent platform and embeds it into Repast, to support more powerful modeling of human behavior. We describe the issues faced in integrating the two paradigms, and how we addressed these issues to leverage the relevant advantages of the two approaches for real world applications.
Keywords :
inference mechanisms; modelling; simulation; BDI agent platform; BDI reasoning; Repast; agent based modeling; belief desire intention; human behavior; simulation; Biological system modeling; Cognition; Computational modeling; Humans; Robot sensing systems; Synchronization;
Conference_Titel :
Simulation Conference (WSC), Proceedings of the 2011 Winter
Conference_Location :
Phoenix, AZ
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-2108-3
Electronic_ISBN :
0891-7736
DOI :
10.1109/WSC.2011.6147762
