Application of BML to inter-agent communication in the ITSimBw simulation environment

In this contribution we analyze communication requirements of multi-agent simulation systems using ITSimBw – developed at Fraunhofer IAIS – as an example. A focus is put on issues concerning inter-agent communication but complementary aspects of user interaction and coupling with C2 systems are also discussed. We propose an augmented version of the battle management language BML as a communication protocol that perfectly matches our communication requirements both syntactically as well as on the semantic level. We furthermore explain how such BML messages are processed by our system.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2007
• Where: WSC
• Authors: Philipp Hügelmeyer, Ulrich Schade, Thomas Zöller
• Keywords: Communication Requirements, Management Language Bml, Modeling And Simulation, Multi-agent Simulation Systems, WSC 2007