Valéry Raulet, Vincent Rodin and Alexis Nédélec.
Using HLA to provide a collaborative multiagent virtual prototyping platform.
Spring Simulation Interoperability Workshop 2003 (03S-SIW-051), SISO, Orlando (USA), 30 March - 4 April 2003.
Abstract:
In a previous paper 1, we presented how we provided a dynamic object model with the High Level Architecture (HLA). In this paper, we present how we incorporate the HLA framework into oRisDis, our multi agent oriented simulation platform, and the dynamic object model. Our platform adds an additional Run-Time Infrastructure, called oRisRTI, which provides a framework between agents and the HLA RTI. While the HLA RTI provides necessary services for data exchanges between platforms, the oRisRTI provides services specific to multi agent collaboration and higher level services (dead-reckoning, static and dynamic state update management, ...).
We will also emphasize difficulties for integrating real/ghost agent model management into the HLA exchanges and how benefits could be gained into adding further functionalities to the HLA architecture.
  1. Valéry Raulet, Vincent Rodin and Alexis Nédélec.
    oRisDis: Using HLA and dynamic features of oRis multi-agent platform for cooperative prototyping in virtual environments.
    European Simulation Interoperability Workshop 2002 (02E-SIW-022), SISO, London (UK), 24-26 June 2002.
Keywords: High Level Architecture, Multi Agent System, Collaborative Prototyping, Distributed Virtual Environment, Virtual Reality.
[link] [Raulet03a.pdf]