Simulation and Control of Maritime Area through Multi-Agent Systems and Geographical Information Systems
Oscar Luiz Monteiro de Farias, Lilija Leite · 2006
A generic simulation tool aimed to explore the dynamics of spatio-temporal systems doesn´t exists yet. First steps in the direction of generic agent-based simulation tools were given with the Swarm project [1],[2] and Starlogo Software [3], [4]. However these tools don´t provide an apropriate representation for space. Here, we argue for the need of integration among Geographical Information Systems and Agent Based System (ABS) as a good metaphor for our spatio-temporal world and give an example, among inumerous, that could benefit from this: web-based warfare games. Our example comprises a web agentbased system that operates on data provided by Geographical Information Systems [5], [6] and aims to simulate naval operations known as Control of Maritime Area [7].