This paper presents the object oriented design and implementation of GEAMAS V2.0, a toolkit for virtual simulations of complex systems. GEAMAS V2.0 is structured in three modules: the kernel, the generation environment and the simulation environment. The kernel implements an object model for agents and provides generic classes. The generation environment allows the graphical design of applications. The simulation environment enables the observation of the simulation's evolution via graphical user interface tools. The implementation uses Java 1.1. We applied GEAMAS V2.0 to the sand-pile automaton problem. This reference application, which is easily modeled with GEAMAS V2.0, provides a first validation of our system architecture and simulation mechanism
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Technology of Object-Oriented Languages, 1998. TOOLS 26. Proceedings
Date of Conference: 3-7 Aug 1998