Combination Framework of BI solution & Multi-agent platform (CFBM) for multi-agent based simulations

Abstract

Integrated environmental modeling in general and specifically Multi-agent-based modeling and simulation approach are increasingly used in decision-support systems with, as a major consequence, to manipulate and generate a huge amount of data for their functioning (parametrization, use of real data in the simulation, ...). Therefore there is a need to manage efficiently these data being either used or generated by the simulation. Practically, existing general-ist simulation platforms lack database access and analysis tools and simulation outputs are usually stored as text files or spreadsheets to be manipulated later by dedicated tools. In this paper, we propose a solution to handle simulation models data, i.e. their outputs as well as corresponding real data. We designed a conceptual framework based on a combination of two components, a Business Intelligence (BI) solution and a multi-agent platform. Such a framework aims at managing simulation models data throughout the lifespan of the simulation, from its execution and its coupling with real data to the generation of simulation results order to use the simulation model as an effective decision-support sys-tem with what-if scenarios.