Title: DIVAs: a multi-agent simulation framework

Authors: Mohammad Al-Zinati; Rym Zalila-Wenkstern

Addresses: Department of Software Engineering, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan ' Department of Computer Science, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA

Abstract: DIVAs is a generic multi-agent-based simulation framework (MABS) for the development of simulation systems. In DIVAs, agents are situated in an open environment that is partially perceived, and the environment is totally decoupled from agents. DIVAs provides a set of reusable architectures, abstract and concrete classes, software components, and tools for the definition of agents and open environments, a microkernel for the management of the simulation workflow, domain-specific libraries for the rapid development of simulations, and reusable and extendable components for the control and visualisation of simulations. Also, DIVAs offers the means to dynamically access and modify agent and environment properties at run-time. This paper discusses the DIVAs' reference architecture and outlines its major design decisions.

Keywords: agent-based simulation framework; software engineering; multi-agent-based simulation systems; MABS.

DOI: 10.1504/IJAOSE.2022.122646

International Journal of Agent-Oriented Software Engineering, 2022 Vol.7 No.2, pp.152 - 183

Received: 06 Mar 2021
Accepted: 09 Jan 2022
Published online: 04 May 2022 *

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