Framework of Distributed Simulation System for Multi-agent Environment

  • Authors:
  • Itsuki Noda

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • RoboCup 2000: Robot Soccer World Cup IV
  • Year:
  • 2001

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Abstract

Simulation systems are important tools for researches on Multi-agent systems. As a research tool, a simulation system should have features of: (1) light-weight and small requirement of computational resources, and (2) scalability to add new functions and features. I investigate experience of development of Soccer Server, the official soccer simulator used in RoboCup Simulation League, and propose a new framework for distributed simulation system for general purpose of multi-agent researches. In the new framework, a simulation is divided into several modules and executed in parallel. These executions are combined by a kernel module via a computer network. Because of the modularity over networks, users easily maintain the development of simulation system. I also discuss about the relation to HLA, another framework for distributed military simulation system.