Title :
Parallel Simulation of Multi-agent Systems Using Terracotta
Author :
Cicirelli, Franco ; Furfaro, Angelo ; Giordano, Andrea ; Nigro, Libero
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Elettron. Inf. e Sist., Univ. della Calabria, Rende, Italy
Abstract :
This paper describes a novel approach to parallel simulation of complex multi-agent systems which is based on actors and the Java middleware Terracotta. The approach aims to an exploitation of the computing power of modern multicore machines. Terracotta was chosen because it transparently allows to cluster the JVM. The paper discusses design and implementation aspects of the approach, and demonstrates the achievable execution performance through the parallel simulation of a scalable multi-agent system based on the predator/prey model.
Keywords :
Java; middleware; multi-agent systems; predator-prey systems; virtual machines; JVM; Java middleware terracotta; Java virtual machine; complex multiagent system; multicore machine; parallel simulation; predator/prey model; Computational modeling; Games; Java; Message systems; Multiagent systems; Object oriented modeling; Predator prey systems; Actors; Java; Terracotta; complex multi-agent systems; modeling and parallel simulation; multi-core architectures;
Conference_Titel :
Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications (DS-RT), 2010 IEEE/ACM 14th International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Fairfax, VA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8651-9
DOI :
10.1109/DS-RT.2010.34