Caillou, Philippe, Gaudou, Benoit, Grignard, Arnaud, Truong, Chi Quang and Taillandier, Patrick (2017) A Simple-to-Use BDI Architecture for Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation. In: Social Simulation Conference (SSC 2015).

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Abstract

With the increase of computing power and the development of user-friendly multi-agent simulation frameworks, social simulations have become increasingly realistic. However, most agent architectures in these simulations use simple reactive models. Cognitive architectures face two main obstacles: their complexity for the field-expert modeler, and their computational cost. In this paper, we propose a new cognitive agent architecture based on the Belief-Desire-Intention paradigm integrated into the GAMA modeling platform. Based on the GAML modeling language, this architecture was designed to be simple-to-use for modelers, flexible enough to manage complex behaviors, and with low computational cost. This architecture is illustrated with a simulation of the evolution of land-use in the Mekong Delta.