FROM REACTIVE MULTI-AGENTS MODELS TO CELLULAR AUTOMATA - Illustration on a Diffusion-Limited Aggregation Model

Antoine Spicher, Nazim Fatès, Olivier Simonin

2009

Abstract

This paper deals with the synchronous implementation of situated Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) in order to have no execution bias and to allow their programming on massively parallel computing devices. For this purpose we investigate the translation of discrete MAS into Cellular Automata (CA). Contrarily to the sequential scheduling generally used in MAS simulations, CA are a model for massively parallel computing where the updating of the components is synchronous. However, CA expressiveness is limited and not always adapted to build models where independent entities move and act on neighbor cells. After illustrating these issues on a simple example, we propose a generic method to translate a discrete MAS into a CA, called a transactional CA. Our approach consists in using the influence-reaction model to perform this translation.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Spicher A., Fatès N. and Simonin O. (2009). FROM REACTIVE MULTI-AGENTS MODELS TO CELLULAR AUTOMATA - Illustration on a Diffusion-Limited Aggregation Model . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 1: ICAART, ISBN 978-989-8111-66-1, pages 422-429. DOI: 10.5220/0001660404220429

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icaart09,
author={Antoine Spicher and Nazim Fatès and Olivier Simonin},
title={FROM REACTIVE MULTI-AGENTS MODELS TO CELLULAR AUTOMATA - Illustration on a Diffusion-Limited Aggregation Model},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 1: ICAART,},
year={2009},
pages={422-429},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001660404220429},
isbn={978-989-8111-66-1},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 1: ICAART,
TI - FROM REACTIVE MULTI-AGENTS MODELS TO CELLULAR AUTOMATA - Illustration on a Diffusion-Limited Aggregation Model
SN - 978-989-8111-66-1
AU - Spicher A.
AU - Fatès N.
AU - Simonin O.
PY - 2009
SP - 422
EP - 429
DO - 10.5220/0001660404220429