Advanced Software Development for Complex Systems Modelling

FLAME （Flexible Large-scale Agent modeling Environment）是一个能够对许多简单个体（Agent）进行仿真的软件。它为这些代理提供建模功能，允许设置变量和交互规则。一旦定义了代理模型，就可以运行模拟，由于代理之间在许多时间步骤上的交互而产生紧急行为。当每个时间步更新代理及其变量时，就会发生这种情况。可以在FLAME网站（http://flame.ac.uk/projects/）上找到一些可以以这种方式模拟的系统示例，其中包括生物系统和经济系统。我提出的研究课题（复杂系统建模的高级软件开发）将集中在FLAME- ii（一个基于FLAME的框架）中使用的核心方法和算法的进一步开发，以并行化基于代理的应用程序。该项目涉及的研究问题和假设尚未确定，但它们将遵循“是否有可能在FLAME-II中实现或改进功能，从而实现有效和可行的模拟……”使用FLAME-II框架？”这个项目的标题很宽泛，允许我在项目的第一年左右将这个问题提炼成一个特定学科的特定主题。一旦确定了问题，我会再分配一年的时间来实现所需的功能标准，然后使用剩余的时间来完成论文并确保功能是正确的。由于我目前对该项目感兴趣的领域是生物系统的模拟，这是我最初的研究方向。这可能涉及对可能受益于模拟的领域进行个人和指导研究，以及与专家接触，以确保这是他们所在领域的正确假设。在设计和接近实现阶段结束时，专家的输入将为创建实际使用的功能提供必要的指导。我希望项目的最终结果能够为特定主题提供高效、强大的模拟潜力，并为该领域的研究人员提供一种新的工具，使他们能够可视化系统，从而深入了解许多不同实体相互作用所涉及的复杂性。资源火焰网站- http://flame.ac.uk/Brief概述火焰- http://flame.ac.uk/docs/overview.htmlDr保罗里士满的相关项目，火焰- gpu - http://www.flamegpu.com/Agent-based建模- http://www.pnas.org/content/99/suppl_3/7280.full

FLAME (Flexible Large-scale Agent Modelling Environment) is a piece of software which facilitates the simulation of many simple individuals (agents). It provides modelling capabilities for these agents, allowing variables and interaction rules to be set. Once the agent models are defined, simulations may be run, with emergent behaviour arising due to the interaction between agents over numerous time steps. This happens as each time step updates the agents, and their variables as necessary. Some examples of systems which may be simulated in such a manner can be found on the FLAME website (http://flame.ac.uk/projects/) and include both biological and economic systems.My proposed research topic (Advanced Software Development for Complex Systems Modelling) will focus on the further development of the core methods and algorithms used within FLAME-II, a framework based on FLAME, to parallelise agent based applications. The research questions and hypotheses to be covered in this project are yet to be decided, though they will follow along the lines of "Is it possible to implement or improve functionality within FLAME-II allowing for efficient and viable simulation of ... using the FLAME-II framework?". The project title is broad enough to allow me to refine this question to a specific topic within a specific discipline over the first year or so of the project. Once the question(s) are decided upon I would allot another year plus leeway to implement the functionality to the required standard before using the remaining time to finalise a thesis and ensure the functionality is correct.As my current area of interest with relation to the project is the simulation of biological systems, this is where my research would initially be directed at. This would likely involve individual and guided research into areas which may benefit from simulation as well as contact with experts to ensure that this is a correct assumption in their area. During the design and near the end of the implementation phase this input from experts would provide the necessary direction to create functionality of real use.I would expect that the end result of the project would provide a specific topic an efficient, powerful potential for performing simulations and giving researchers within the area a new tool with which they may visualise systems, providing insight into the intricacies involved with the interaction of many distinct entities.ResourcesFLAME website - http://flame.ac.uk/Brief overview of FLAME - http://flame.ac.uk/docs/overview.htmlDr Paul Richmond's related project, FLAME-GPU - http://www.flamegpu.com/Agent-based modelling - http://www.pnas.org/content/99/suppl_3/7280.full