Advanced Software Development for Complex Systems Modelling

FLAME（Flexible Large-scale Agent Modeling Environment）是一个软件，它可以方便地模拟许多简单的个体（Agent）。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长上的交互而产生紧急行为。这发生在每个时间步更新代理时，以及必要时更新它们的变量。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的例子，包括生物和经济systems.My建议的研究课题（复杂系统建模的高级软件开发）将集中在FLAME-II，一个基于FLAME的框架内使用的核心方法和算法的进一步发展，并行化基于代理的应用程序。该项目所涵盖的研究问题和假设尚未确定，但它们将遵循以下原则：“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，足以让我在项目的第一年左右的时间里将这个问题细化到一个特定学科中的一个特定主题。一旦问题（S）决定后，我会再分配一年加上回旋余地，以实现所需的标准功能，然后使用剩余的时间来完成论文，并确保功能是正确的。由于我目前的兴趣与该项目的相关领域是生物系统的模拟，这是我的研究将最初指向。这可能涉及对可能受益于模拟的领域进行个人和指导性研究，以及与专家接触，以确保这是他们领域的正确假设。在设计期间和接近实施阶段结束时，专家的这一输入将为创建真实的使用功能提供必要的方向。我希望该项目的最终结果将为特定主题提供一个高效，强大的潜力，用于执行模拟，并为该领域的研究人员提供一个新的工具，使他们可以可视化系统，资源FLAME网站- www.example.com FLAME概述-http://flame.ac.uk/Briefhttp://flame.ac.uk/docs/overview.htmlDr Paul里士满的相关项目FLAME-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