Simulation and Control of Maritime Area through Multi-Agent Systems and Geographical Information Systems

Abstract

A generic simulation tool aimed to explore the dynamics of spatio-temporal systems doesn't exist yet. First steps in the direction of generic agent-based simulation tools were given with the Swarm project and Starlogo software. However these tools don't provide an appropriate 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 in numerous, that could benefit from this: Web-based warfare games. Our example comprises a Web agent-based system that operates on data provided by geographical information systems and aims to simulate naval operations known as control of maritime area