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In this paper, we discuss the model of an environment for a geographically based simulation system. The environment is structured as a graph in which nodes represent locations and edges represent paths between locations. The space is decomposed into a network of cells which are managed by cell controllers. In order to visualize location information at various levels of abstraction, we define the environment as a cell hierarchy.
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Steiner, R., Leask, G., Mili, R.Z. (2006). An Architecture for MAS Simulation Environments. In: Weyns, D., Van Dyke Parunak, H., Michel, F. (eds) Environments for Multi-Agent Systems II. E4MAS 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 3830. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11678809_4
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