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Evaluating JACK Sim for agent-based modelling of pedestrians

Nicole Ronald, Leon Sterling, Michael Kirley, T Nishida (ed.), M Klusch (ed.), K Sycara (ed.), M Yokoo (ed.), J Liu (ed.), B Wah (ed.), W Cheung (ed.), YM Cheung (ed.)

2006 IEEE/WIC/ACM INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTELLIGENT AGENT TECHNOLOGY, PROCEEDINGS | IEEE COMPUTER SOC | Published : 2006

Abstract

In this paper, we describe the use of an agent-based simulation language, JACK Sim. JACK Sim is one of several add-ons for the agent language JACK, which is based on the belief-desire-intention architecture. The implementation of a prototype model of pedestrian wayfinding behaviour is described and the prototype is then evaluated using software engineering quality principles. A recent addition to the simulation language world, JACK Sim solves several problems encountered with using JACK alone for certain simulations andprovides a solid framework for creating discrete-event simulations with BDI agent technology. © 2006 IEEE.