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Summarizing all the specific features of the simulation systems needed for agent-based systems, the paper documents that the simulation tools of this kind do represent rather complex development environment for agent-based systems than one-purpose simulation software obvious in the case of “classical” centralized systems. The agent-oriented simulation tools explore and combine methods of real-time emulation, qualitative simulation, testing and diagnostic algorithms with classical methods of both the discrete and continuous simulation approaches, techniques of advanced visualization and run-time interfacing. The MAST simulation tool and the detailed description of its extension for the Cambridge Packing Cell Testbed are used as a case study.
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Mařík, V., Vrba, P., Fletcher, M. (2005). Agent-Based Simulation: Mast Case Study. In: Camarinha-Matos, L.M. (eds) Emerging Solutions for Future Manufacturing Systems. BASYS 2004. IFIP International Federation for Information Processing, vol 159. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-22829-2_7
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