Agent framework services to reduce agent communication overhead in large-scale agent-based simulations

Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 679-694

  Jang, Myeong Wuk ^a   Agha, Gul ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based simulation; Distributed simulation; Load balancing; Middle agent service

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE;

AGENT BASED SIMULATION; DISTRIBUTED SIMULATION; LOAD BALANCING; MIDDLE AGENT SERVICE;

LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS;

EID: 33745287144     PISSN: 1569190X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.simpat.2005.10.002     Document Type: Article

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