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SPARK -- A Generic Simulator for Physical Multiagent Simulations


Oliver Obst and Markus Rollmann. SPARK -- A Generic Simulator for Physical Multiagent Simulations. Computer Systems Science and Engineering, 20(5):347–356, September 2005.


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Abstract

We describe a new multi-agent simulation system, called Spark, for agents in three-dimensional environments. Our goal in creating Spark was to provide a high degree of flexibility for creating new types of simulations. We implemented a flexible application framework and exhausted the idea of replaceable components in the resulting system. In comparison to specialized simulators, users can effortlessly create new simulations by using a scene description language.Spark is a powerful tool to state different multi-agent research questions. It was already used as official simulator for the first three-dimensional RoboCup Simulation League competition.

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@article{OR05,
	Abstract = {We describe a new multi-agent simulation system, called
		   Spark, for agents in three-dimensional environments. Our goal in creating
		   Spark was to provide a high degree of flexibility for creating new types of
		   simulations. We implemented a flexible application framework and exhausted
		   the idea of replaceable components in the resulting system. In comparison to
		   specialized simulators, users can effortlessly create new simulations by
		   using a scene description language. Abstract = {We describe a new
		   multi-agent simulation system, called Spark, for agents in three-dimensional
		   environments. Our goal in creating Spark was to provide a high degree of
		   flexibility for creating new types of simulations. We implemented a flexible
		   application framework and exhausted the idea of replaceable components in
		   the resulting system. In comparison to specialized simulators, users can
		   effortlessly create new simulations by using a scene description language.},
	Author = {Oliver Obst and Markus Rollmann},
	Journal = {Computer Systems Science and Engineering},
	Month = Sep,
	Number = {5},
	Pages = {347--356},
	Title = {{SPARK} -- {A} {G}eneric {S}imulator for {P}hysical
		   {M}ultiagent {S}imulations},
	Volume = {20},
	Year = 2005,