A framework for integrating discrete event simulation with agent-based modeling

Global business optimization has caused the increasing demands for combining discrete event simulation (DES) with the other approaches, especially the agent-based modeling (ABM), to get deeper insight on some complex interdependent processes and the interactions inside. In this paper, based on the comparison between DES and ABM, a general idea for integrating DES and ABM is given. Intensive investigation demonstrates that the message bus based on java message service (JMS) is workable on the integrated simulation system. And Jboss, the implementation for JMS, is adopted develop the integrated simulation platform for applications. Finally a test case is introduced to verify the integrated simulation system proposed.