The MASON Simulation Toolkit: Past, Present, and Future

Sean Luke; Robert Simon; Andrew Crooks; Haoliang Wang; Ermo Wei; David Freelan; Carmine Spagnuolo; Vittorio Scarano; Gennaro Cordasco; Claudio Cioffi-Revilla

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-22270-3_6

The MASON Simulation Toolkit: Past, Present, and Future

Sean Luke
, Robert Simon
, Andrew Crooks
, Haoliang Wang
, Ermo Wei
, David Freelan
, Carmine Spagnuolo
, Vittorio Scarano
, Gennaro Cordasco
, Claudio Cioffi-Revilla

Geography

George Mason University
University of Salerno
University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli

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24 Scopus citations

Abstract

MASON is a widely-used open-source agent-based simulation toolkit that has been in constant development since 2002. MASON’s architecture was cutting-edge for its time, but advances in computer technology now offer new opportunities for the ABM community to scale models and apply new modeling techniques. We are extending MASON to provide these opportunities in response to community feedback. In this paper we discuss MASON, its history and design, and how we plan to improve and extend it over the next several years. Based on user feedback will add distributed simulation, distributed GIS, optimization and sensitivity analysis tools, external language and development environment support, statistics facilities, collaborative archives, and educational tools.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Multi-Agent-Based Simulation XIX - 19th International Workshop, MABS 2018, Revised Selected Papers
Editors	Paul Davidsson, Harko Verhagen
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	75-86
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Print)	9783030222697
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22270-3_6
State	Published - 2019
Event	19th International Workshop on Multi-Agent-Based Simulation, MABS 2019 - Stockholm, Sweden Duration: Jul 14 2018 → Jul 14 2018

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	11463 LNAI
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	19th International Workshop on Multi-Agent-Based Simulation, MABS 2019
Country/Territory	Sweden
City	Stockholm
Period	07/14/18 → 07/14/18

Keywords

Agent-based simulation
Library
Open source

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Luke, S., Simon, R., Crooks, A., Wang, H., Wei, E., Freelan, D., Spagnuolo, C., Scarano, V., Cordasco, G., & Cioffi-Revilla, C. (2019). The MASON Simulation Toolkit: Past, Present, and Future. In P. Davidsson, & H. Verhagen (Eds.), Multi-Agent-Based Simulation XIX - 19th International Workshop, MABS 2018, Revised Selected Papers (pp. 75-86). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 11463 LNAI). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22270-3_6

Luke, Sean ; Simon, Robert ; Crooks, Andrew et al. / The MASON Simulation Toolkit : Past, Present, and Future. Multi-Agent-Based Simulation XIX - 19th International Workshop, MABS 2018, Revised Selected Papers. editor / Paul Davidsson ; Harko Verhagen. Springer Verlag, 2019. pp. 75-86 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Luke, S, Simon, R, Crooks, A, Wang, H, Wei, E, Freelan, D, Spagnuolo, C, Scarano, V, Cordasco, G & Cioffi-Revilla, C 2019, The MASON Simulation Toolkit: Past, Present, and Future. in P Davidsson & H Verhagen (eds), Multi-Agent-Based Simulation XIX - 19th International Workshop, MABS 2018, Revised Selected Papers. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 11463 LNAI, Springer Verlag, pp. 75-86, 19th International Workshop on Multi-Agent-Based Simulation, MABS 2019, Stockholm, Sweden, 07/14/18. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22270-3_6

The MASON Simulation Toolkit: Past, Present, and Future. / Luke, Sean; Simon, Robert; Crooks, Andrew et al.
Multi-Agent-Based Simulation XIX - 19th International Workshop, MABS 2018, Revised Selected Papers. ed. / Paul Davidsson; Harko Verhagen. Springer Verlag, 2019. p. 75-86 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 11463 LNAI).

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