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    SIMUTOOLS

    2nd International ICST Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques

    SIMUTools 2009 is the Second International Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques. This edition, which builds on the success of the first conference (168 participants from 31 countries), will focus on all aspects of simulation modeling and analysis. High quality papers are sought on simulati…

    SIMUTools 2009 is the Second International Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques. This edition, which builds on the success of the first conference (168 participants from 31 countries), will focus on all aspects of simulation modeling and analysis. High quality papers are sought on simulation tools, methodologies, applications, and practices. The aim of the conference is to bring academic and industry researchers together with practitioners (from both the simulation community and from the numerous simulation user communities). The conference will address current and future trends in simulation techniques, models and practices, and foster interdisciplinary collaborative research in this area. While the main focus of the conference is on simulation tools, the conference also encourages the submission of broader theoretical and practical research contributions.

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    Editor(s): Olivier Dalle, Gabriel Wainer, Giovanni Stea and L. Felipe Perrone
    Publisher
    ICST
    ISBN
    978-963-9799-45-5
    Conference dates
    2nd–6th Mar 2009
    Location
    Rome, Italy
    Appeared in EUDL
    29th Nov 2011
    Appears in
    ACM Digital Library

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    • NECO: NEtwork COding Simulator

      Research Article in 2nd International ICST Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques

      Diogo Ferreira, Luísa Lima, João Barros

      Abstract
      We present NECO, a high-performance simulation framework dedicated to the evaluation of network coding based protocols. Its main features include (1) definition of graphs representing the topology (w…We present NECO, a high-performance simulation framework dedicated to the evaluation of network coding based protocols. Its main features include (1) definition of graphs representing the topology (which can be generated randomly or pre-defined by means of a standard representation), (2) modular specification of network coding protocols, (3) visualization of the network operation and (4) extraction of key statistics. The simulator is entirely written in Python and can be easily extended to account for extra functionalities.
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    • DisSimJADE: A framework for the development of Agent-based Distributed Simulation Systems

      Research Article in 2nd International ICST Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques

      Daniele Gianni, Andrea D’Ambrogio, Giuseppe Iazeolla

      Abstract
      The adoption of an agent-based approach that incorporates intelligence, adaptation and learning abilities has proved to significantly increase the realism and the accuracy of the simulation. Simulati…The adoption of an agent-based approach that incorporates intelligence, adaptation and learning abilities has proved to significantly increase the realism and the accuracy of the simulation. Simulation systems of such a kind, however, require computational resources that might be considerable for a single agent, so to become unfeasible when the number of simulated agents scales up. A distributed environment is thus needed to allow the execution of such simulation systems, particularly in the case of scenarios populated by a large number of agents. Building an agent-based distributed simulation system, however, requires both specific expertise and knowledge of distributed simulation standards and a non-negligible amount of effort to develop ad-hoc components. This paper introduces a simulation framework named DisSimJADE, which enables the incorporation of distributed simulation facilities into existing agent-based systems. DisSimJADE is built on top of the popular agent-based framework JADE and allows to define agent-based simulation systems that can be transparently executed either in a local or distributed, therefore bringing significant savings in terms of effort and development time. In addition, DisSimJADE provides a uniform interface to the JADE framework, which further facilitates the production of distributed simulation systems to developers of JADE-based multi-agent systems.
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    • ECOOSE: an echo cancellation object oriented simulation environment

      Research Article in 2nd International ICST Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques

      Stephen Braithwaite, Ron Addie

      Abstract
      This paper introduces an object oriented Matlab toolbox which is being developed for the testing and development of echo cancellation algorithms. The obvious objective of an echo cancellation simulat…This paper introduces an object oriented Matlab toolbox which is being developed for the testing and development of echo cancellation algorithms. The obvious objective of an echo cancellation simulation toolbox is to allow any simulated audio environment to be used with any echo cancellation method, and observed by any system for statistical observation and analysis. Such flexibility is hard to achieve. In this paper we explain the advantages of using an object oriented approach, as provided in Matlab 2008, for the design of this toolbox. The design is presented along with some initial results.
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    • Hybrid MAS GIS Mediterranean backcountry tourism economy modeling methodology

      Research Article in 2nd International ICST Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques

      Dominique Urbani, Marielle Delhom

      Abstract
      Submitted to the combination of the sun immigration pressure and the decline of their traditional economy, the Mediterranean islands are in a paradoxical position. Indeed, while the populations on th…Submitted to the combination of the sun immigration pressure and the decline of their traditional economy, the Mediterranean islands are in a paradoxical position. Indeed, while the populations on the shores are growing, the countryside is endangered involving the desertification. In this paper we shall present a methodology to build a distributed artificial intelligence based model dedicated to the countryside economy and its interactions with the growing touristic coastal areas through the flow of tourists. Organizing the economic system into a hierarchy, following a multi-agent approach, we build a generic model of each system’s stakeholders from our observations. We propose a methodology to model the exchanges between the countryside’s visitors and the local economy’s players. Using a geographic information system, we explicit how to take advantage of the spatiotemporal ground data to fit the simulations to the specificities of each targeted site. Finally we present a first application on a Corsican case.
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    • Extending NCTUns simulator to support mobile networks

      Research Article in 2nd International ICST Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques

      Juliano V. Quaglio, Tetsu Gunji, Celso M. Hirata

      Abstract
      NCTUns is a Linux based network simulator/emulator which has a great deal of features such as the possibility to execute real world applications without modifications, and provision to model a wide r…NCTUns is a Linux based network simulator/emulator which has a great deal of features such as the possibility to execute real world applications without modifications, and provision to model a wide range of network devices using real TCP/IP network stack. However NCTUns only supports simulation/emulation of mobile hosts instead of mobile networks. Hence, using the conventional NCTUns, it is not possible to model more elaborated scenarios, including C4I2SR systems which have mobile networks, for example, aircrafts with internal embedded networks communicating with external networks (terrestrial control center). Motivated by this restriction, we propose and describe an extension of NCTUns in order to allow the modeling and emulation of systems which require two instances of NCTUns. The extension allows the emulation of C4I2SR systems scenarios with video stream and composed of mobile networks using distributed computers. The approach permits improving the confidence on the modeling.
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