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Area of Science:

  • Computer Science
  • Epidemiology
  • Computational Science

Background:

  • Agent-based modeling is crucial for simulating complex systems like disease outbreaks.
  • Existing platforms often struggle with the computational demands of simulating billions of agents.
  • High-performance computing is essential for realistic epidemic simulations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce the Global-Scale Agent Model (GSAM), a novel distributed platform for large-scale agent-based epidemic modeling.
  • To present solutions for challenges in distributing massive agent-based models.
  • To demonstrate the speed and scalability of the GSAM platform.

Main Methods:

  • Development of a high-performance distributed platform using Java.
  • Implementation of strategies for efficient communication and synchronization in distributed agent models.
  • Optimization of memory usage for large-scale simulations.
  • Benchmarking to evaluate performance and scalability.

Main Results:

  • The GSAM platform demonstrates unprecedented scale, simulating billions of agents.
  • Benchmarks confirm the platform's high speed and scalability.
  • Effective solutions for communication, synchronization, and memory management in distributed agent models were developed.

Conclusions:

  • The GSAM provides a powerful tool for large-scale epidemic simulations.
  • The presented solutions enhance the feasibility of distributed agent-based modeling.
  • The platform's performance supports advanced research in disease outbreak dynamics.