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Simulated event propagation in distributed, open environments

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R. Z. WenksternAuthors Info & Claims

SpringSim '10: Proceedings of the 2010 Spring Simulation Multiconference

Article No.: 17, Pages 1 - 8

https://doi.org/10.1145/1878537.1878555

Published: 11 April 2010 Publication History

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This paper presents a design for simulating the propagation of environmental events in distributed, open environments. Environmental events are properties of the simulated environment that may affect the state of the environment and the behavior of virtual agents situated in the environment. The design aims to realistically model simulated events and is capable of consistently modeling the effects of such events in a distributed and dynamic environment. The paper provides several scenarios describing how simulated event propagation is handled under various conditions.

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Zalila-Wenkstern RSteel TLeask G(2010)A Self-organizing Architecture for Traffic ManagementSelf-Organizing Architectures10.1007/978-3-642-14412-7_11(230-250)Online publication date: 2010
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14412-7_11
Zalila-Wenkstern RSteel TLeask G(2009)A self-organizing architecture for traffic managementProceedings of the First international conference on Self-organizing architectures10.5555/1880569.1880583(230-250)Online publication date: 14-Sep-2009
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/1880569.1880583

Simulated event propagation in distributed, open environments
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Artificial intelligence
    1. Distributed artificial intelligence

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SpringSim '10: Proceedings of the 2010 Spring Simulation Multiconference

April 2010

1726 pages

ISBN:9781450300698

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Zalila-Wenkstern RSteel TLeask G(2010)A Self-organizing Architecture for Traffic ManagementSelf-Organizing Architectures10.1007/978-3-642-14412-7_11(230-250)Online publication date: 2010
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14412-7_11
Zalila-Wenkstern RSteel TLeask G(2009)A self-organizing architecture for traffic managementProceedings of the First international conference on Self-organizing architectures10.5555/1880569.1880583(230-250)Online publication date: 14-Sep-2009
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/1880569.1880583

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