ARTIS: Advanced RTI System

ARTIS: Advanced RTI System The Advanced RTI System (ARTÌS) is a middleware for Parallel and Distributed Simulation (PADS) supporting massively populated models. The middleware provides to system modellers an easy-to-use software tool in which is possible to build simulation models that can be executed using a sequential (monolithic) or parallel/distributed approach. On top of ARTIS, the Generic Adaptive Interaction Architecture (GAIA) framework provides an environment in which the simulation entities are adaptively clustered based on their communication patterns. The aim of this mechanism is to reduce the communication overhead of the PADS and to improve the Load Balancing of the execution architecture. In practice, GAIA offers to the final user a clear and elegant paradigm for the implementation of simulation models. The software, that is free for educational and research purposes, can be downloaded from the research group website: http://pads.cs.unibo.it on the same website is possibile to find some documentation on the usage of the sofware and the FAQs. Direct links for software download: http://pads.cs.unibo.it/download/artis/ARTIS-2.0.0.tar.bz2 (GNU/Linux, 32-bit version) http://pads.cs.unibo.it/download/artis/ARTIS-2.0.0_x86-64.tar.bz2 (GNU/Linux, 64-bit version) The last version of ARTIS (version 2.0.0) integrates both the middleware, the GAIA framework, many simulation models and all the necessary scripts and tools for the evaluation of complex systems. The most part of this software is provided in both binary and source code versions. The ARTIS/GAIA software has been described/used in the following research papers (PARTIAL LIST): BOOK CHAPTERS - L. Bononi, G. D'Angelo, L. Donatiello. Parallel and Distributed Simulation of Wireless Mobile and Sensor Networks. Performance Evaluation of Parallel, Distributed and Emergent Systems. (Volume 1 in Distributed, Cluster and Grid Computing), M. Ould-Khaoua and G. Min (Editors). Ed. Nova Science. 2007. ISBN: 1-59454-817-X. INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS - G. D'Angelo, M. Bracuto. Distributed Simulation of Large-Scale and Detailed Models. International Journal of Simulation and Process Modelling 2009 - Vol. 5, No.2 pp. 120 - 131. Inderscience Publishers. ISSN (Online): 1740-2131 - ISSN (Print): 1740-2123. - L. Bononi, M. Di Felice, G. D'Angelo, M. Bracuto, L. Donatiello. MoVES: A framework for parallel and distributed simulation of wireless vehicular ad hoc networks. Elsevier's Computer Networks (ComNet) Journal. Volume 52, Issue 1, 2008, pp. 155-179. ISSN: 1389-1286 CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS - G. D'Angelo, S. Ferretti. Simulation of Scale-Free Networks. 2nd ACM/ICST International Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques (SIMUTools 2009). ISBN: 978-963-9799-45-5 - G. D'Angelo, G. Rossi. Parallel and Distributed Simulation of Coalition Structure Generation in Cooperative Multi-agent Systems. 22th ACM/IEEE/SCS Workshop on Principles of Advanced and Distributed Simulation (PADS'08). ISBN 978-0-7695-3159-5 - M. Bracuto, G. D'Angelo. Detailed Simulation of Large-Scale Wireless Networks. 11-th ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications (DS-RT 2007). ISBN 0-7695-3011-7 NOTE: the complete list of publications based on the ARTIS/GAIA middleware can be found in the attached file.