The Application of Multi-agent Technologies in Distributed Ecosystem Process Simulation System GLOPEM-CEVSA

The study of distributed intelligence primarily focuses on how logically or physically dispersed intelligent units cooperate to solve problems. As a main research content of distributed intelligence, multi-agent technologies have acquired development unceasingly since 1990s. More and more multi-agent technologies have been applied in DGIS (Distributed GIS). This paper introduces the main advantages of multi-agent technologies in DGIS. Then taking GLOPEMCEVSA, which is an ecosystem process simulation system based on coupling model of remote sensing and process, as example, it describes how to rapidly develop DGIS systems using Agent Grid Intelligent Platform (AGRIP).