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Nowadays there is a clear trend towards using methods and tools that can help to develop multiagent systems (MAS). Thanks to the contribution from agent based computing to the field of computer simulation mediated by ABS (Agent Based Simulation) is obtained benefits like methods for evaluation and visualization of multi agent systems or for training future users of a system. This study presents a multiagent based middleware for the agents behavior simulation. The main challenge of this work is the design and development of a new infrastructure that can act as a middleware to communicate the current technology in charge of the development of the multiagent system and the technology in charge of the simulation, visualization and analysis of the behavior of the agents. The proposed middleware infrastructure makes it possible to visualize the emergent agent behaviour and the entity agent in a 3D environment. It also allows to design multi-agent systems considering organizational aspects of agent societies.
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García, E., Gallego, V., Rodríguez, S., Zato, C., de Paz, J.F., Corchado, J.M. (2012). Simulation and Analysis of Virtual Organizations of Agents. In: Rodríguez, J., Pérez, J., Golinska, P., Giroux, S., Corchuelo, R. (eds) Trends in Practical Applications of Agents and Multiagent Systems. Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing, vol 157. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28795-4_8
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