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Requirements Analysis of Agent-Based Simulation Platforms: State of the Art and New Prospects

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Multi-Agent-Based Simulation II (MABS 2002)

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In this paper we propose a preliminary reference model for the requirements specification of agent-based simulation platforms. We give the following contributions: (i) aid the identification of general principles to develop platforms; (ii) advance the analysis and prospection of technical-operational and high-level requirements; (iii) promote the identification of shared requirements, addressing them to the development of an integrated work. We present our reference model and make a comparative analysis between three well-known platforms, resulting in an unambiguous and schematic characterisation of computational systems for agent-based simulation.

Supported by FAPESP, Brazil, grant number 00/14689-0. On leave from Dom Bosco Catholic University.

Partially supported by FCT/PRAXIS XXI, Portugal, grant number BD/21595/99.

Partially supported by CNPq, Brazil, grant number 301041/95-4, and by project MAPPEL (PROTEM-CC, CNPq/NSF), grant number 680033/99-8.

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  1. Intelligent Techniques Laboratory, University of São Paulo, Brazil

    Maria Bruno Marietto, Nuno David & Jaime Simão Sichman

  2. Department of Information Science and Technology, ISCTE/DCTI, Lisbon, Portugal

    Nuno David

  3. Department of Informatics, University of Lisbon, Portugal

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Marietto, M.B., David, N., Sichman, J.S., Coelho, H. (2003). Requirements Analysis of Agent-Based Simulation Platforms: State of the Art and New Prospects. In: Simão Sichman, J., Bousquet, F., Davidsson, P. (eds) Multi-Agent-Based Simulation II. MABS 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 2581. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-36483-8_9

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