PRESAGE: A Programming Environment for the Simulation of Agent Societies

Authors:
Brendan Neville;Jeremy Pitt
Affiliations:
Intelligent Systems & Networks Group, Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK SW7 2BT;Intelligent Systems & Networks Group, Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK SW7 2BT
Venue:
Programming Multi-Agent Systems
Year:
2009

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Abstract

The paradigm of agent societies has proved particularly apposite for modelling multi-agent systems for networked applications, in particular when the network is open, dynamic and decentralised. In this paper, we describe a software environment which can be used for simulation and animation of these models, allowing a system designer to investigate the complex social behaviour of components, the evolution of network structures, and the adaptation of conventional rules. Effectively, the environment serves as a rapid prototyping tool for agent societies, where the focus of interest is long-term, global system behaviour as much as the verification of specific properties.