It is generally accepted that the environment is an essential compound of multiagent
systems (MASs). Yet the environment is typically assigned limited responsibilities, or even …

The current practice in multiagent systems typically associates the environment with
resources that are external to agents and their communication infrastructure. Advanced uses …

There is a growing awareness in the multiagent systems research community that the
environment plays a prominent role in multiagent systems. Originating from research on …

We introduce the concept of composite agents to effectively model complex agent
interactions for agent-based crowd simulation. Each composite agent consists of a basic …

There is an increasing interest in the use of intelligent virtual agents (IVAs) to work in teams
with humans. To achieve successful outcomes for these heterogeneous teams, many of the …

The article describes a multi-agent approach to crowd modeling and simulation. After a brief
introduction of the Situated Cellular Agents model, the guidelines to the crowd modeling …

This paper presents a Multi Agent Systems (MAS) approach to crowd modelling, based on
the Situated Cellular Agents (SCA) model. This is a special class of Multilayered Multi Agent …

This article presents an approach for the efficient and transparent parallelization of a large
class of swarm algorithms, specifically those where the multiagent paradigm is used to …

This paper introduces a research activity aimed at the definition of a methodology to provide
a solid conceptual framework for the development of simulation systems focused on crowd …

Multi‐agent systems have been proven very effective for the modelling and simulation (M&S)
of complex systems like those related to biology, engineering, social sciences and so forth …