ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems (TOPLAS)
An agent-based approach for building complex software systems
Communications of the ACM
Parallel and Distribution Simulation Systems
Parallel and Distribution Simulation Systems
Agent-Based Modeling vs. Equation-Based Modeling: A Case Study and Users' Guide
Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Multi-Agent Systems and Agent-Based Simulation
Developing Multi-Agent Systems with JADE (Wiley Series in Agent Technology)
Developing Multi-Agent Systems with JADE (Wiley Series in Agent Technology)
Distributed Clustering of Autonomous Shipping Containers by Concept, Location, and Time
MATES '07 Proceedings of the 5th German conference on Multiagent System Technologies
Traffic Prediction for Agent Route Planning
ICCS '08 Proceedings of the 8th international conference on Computational Science, Part III
A hybrid time management approach to agent-based simulation
KI'06 Proceedings of the 29th annual German conference on Artificial intelligence
MABS'04 Proceedings of the 2004 international conference on Multi-Agent and Multi-Agent-Based Simulation
Incorporating knowledge about interaction for uniform agent design for simulation and operation
Proceedings of The 8th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems - Volume 2
SMIZE: a spontaneous ride-sharing system for individual urban transit
MATES'09 Proceedings of the 7th German conference on Multiagent system technologies
Efficient Multiagent Coordination in Dynamic Environments
WI-IAT '11 Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conferences on Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology - Volume 02
Distributed learning of best response behaviors in concurrent iterated many-object negotiations
MATES'12 Proceedings of the 10th German conference on Multiagent System Technologies
Mosaik: scalable smart grid scenario specification
Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference
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Multiagent systems ease the implementation of software systems to control complex processes. Instead of monolithic programs, decision-making is delegated to software agents as local entities. Like in software development in general, testing and evaluation play an important role also for multiagent systems. Particularly, because run-time interactions between agents and their effects cannot always be predicted at design time. Multiagent-based simulation is an adequate means to evaluate agents regarding their applicability in real-world operation. However, general agent development frameworks do not consider simulation-specific issues. Because they provide no means for synchronisation, an additional simulation middleware is required. Temporal criteria that are relevant for middleware design are defined in this paper. Furthermore, the actual implementation and example applications in logistics are presented.