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This paper presents Situated Cellular Agents (SCA), a special class of Multilayered Multi Agent Situated Systems (MMASS). Situated Cellular Agents are systems of reactive agents that are heterogeneous (i.e. characterized by different behavior and perceptive capabilities), and populate a single layered structured environment. The structure of this environment is defined as a non–uniform network of sites in which the agents are situated. The behavior of Situated Cellular Agents (i.e. change of state and position) is influenced by states and types of agents that are situated in adjacent and at–a–distance sites. In the paper it will be outlined an ongoing project whose aim is to develop a set of tools to support the development and execution of SCA application. In particular it will be described the algorithm designed and implemented to manage field diffusion throughout structurally non–uniform environments.
The work presented in this paper has been partially funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research within the project ‘Cofinanziamento Programmi di Ricerca di Interesse Nazionale’
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Bandini, S., Manzoni, S., Simone, C. (2003). Situated Cellular Agents in Non-uniform Spaces. In: Malyshkin, V.E. (eds) Parallel Computing Technologies. PaCT 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2763. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-45145-7_2
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