FLAME GPU: Complex System Simulation Framework

FLAME GPU is an agent based simulation frame-work that utilises the parallel architecture of Graphic Processing Unit (GPU) to enable real time model interaction and visualisation. In this paper, we provide an overview of the features of FLAME GPU and demonstrate its efficiency as a parallel agent based simulation platform. FLAME GPU abstracts the complexity of the GPU architecture from the users by offering a high level modelling syntax based on a formal state machine representation. A flocking model is presented showing how a simple multi-agent system is modelled.