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This article introduces a novel approach to increase the performances of multi-agent based simulations. We focus on a particular kind of multi-agent based simulation where a collection of interacting autonomous situated entities evolve in a situated environment. Our approach combines the fast multipole method coming from computational physics with agent-based microscopic simulations. The aim is to speed up the execution of a multi-agent based simulation while controlling the precision of the associated approximation. This approach may be considered as the first step of a larger effort aiming at designing a generic kernel to support efficient large-scale multi-agent based simulations. This approach is illustrated in this paper by the simulation of large scale flocking dynamical systems.
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Razavi, S.N., Gaud, N., Mozayani, N. et al. Multi-agent based simulations using fast multipole method: application to large scale simulations of flocking dynamical systems. Artif Intell Rev 35, 53–72 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10462-010-9183-9
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