An output and 3D visualization concept for the MSaaS system MARS
Jan Dalski, Christian Hüning, Thomas Clemen · Agent-Directed Simulation · 2017
When running complex and large-scale multi agent simulations, the result preparation and presentation is of high importance to make efficient use of the generated data. In addition to conventional visual analytics dashboards, many use-cases could also benefit from 3D visualization approaches -- especially when dealing with spatial-related simulation scenarios. This paper presents a result output and visualization concept for the MARS (Multi-Agent Research and Simulation) simulation platform. The entire process from output selection and generation up to aggregation and 3D presentation is outlined. In order to facilitate a uniform user experience, the visualization is integrated into the existing MARS web suite and runs directly in the web browser. Because of MARS' suitability for large-scale scenarios with high agent counts and terrains with vast extents, many big data challenges have to be faced in this context. As a proof-of-concept, details from the implementation are showcased at the end of this paper.