Annual Report of the
International
McLeod Institute of
and the
On the initiative of
professor
1)
The methodological research in applying AI in
simulation by using intelligent demons (a special class of high level agents)
and Knowledge Attributed Petri Nets (KAPN) is continued. An R&D work has been started to elaborate a further
development of KAPNs incorporating also inference
engines and intervening actors into the tokens thereby realizing mobile
intelligent elements. The implementation of these properties into the CASSANDRA
simulation system is in progress and the first results are being published.
2)
Both at the
3)
Professor Keresztes
director of the
Projects
In the Spring
of 2003 we have successfully completed the EU 5th framework program Open Framework
for Simulation of Transport Strategies and Assessment, where the Hungarian
project leader was Prof. Dr.
We have been active in a research project
lasting 3 years (2002-2004) sponsored by the Hungarian Scientific Research
Fund. The topic of the project is: “Investigation of Intelligent –
We have completed a research project
cooperating with an institute of the
We intend to mention that we
have been invited to participate in two EU projects of the 6th Framework program the project proposals
of which have been submitted.
Education
The simulation courses
taught by the personal of the
At the
At the
There
are 5 Ph.D. students working on their thesis at the
After having defended his Ph.D. thesis the staff member of the Center Gabor Szucs has been nominated assistant professor of the University.
At the
Center simulation tools
The main tool we apply in
our research projects as well as in education is the
AI controlled simulation system CASSANDRA (Cognizant Adaptive Simulation System
for Applications in Numerous Different Relevant Areas) 3.0 we have developed in
the recent years. (The CASSANDRA system has been applied in numerous
international projects in various fields of application and its main features
are outlined in the courses taught as mentioned above.)
Another tool is the PASION
simulation system developed at the MISS Center of Mexico and provided by
courtesy of Prof. Dr. Stanislaw Raczynski director of the Center.
By the courtesy of Prof. Dr.
Bernd Schmidt from the
Beyond CASSANDRA 3.0
developed by us we have already used the other two software systems as well.
By
courtesy of
Center highlights
The Center intends to
combine basic research of simulation methodologies coupled tightly with
applications in various fields. Our approach is that we aim at finding
solutions to problems arising in practical problem solving where the existing
solutions are inadequate. In the past we have been participating in various projects, that we intend to continue. On the other hand we intend
to get the students involved in the research work.
The main area of simulation
we are active in is discrete simulation combined with artificial intelligence.
The possible field of applications is rather wide. There are however some areas
in which we already have been active or intend to be active in the near future.
These priority areas are; flexible manufacturing systems, traffic, logistics,
conflict resolution, micro and macro economy,
development of regions. We are however open to undertake simulation in other
application fields as well where our expertise and tools can be applied
efficiently.
The direction in which we
intend to work is the simulation of ill-defined systems with particular
emphasis on economic and multidisciplinary problems. Our approach where we
expect new results is the solution of the model reconstruction problem where
our demon (agent) controlled simulation system can be applied with success and
new scientific and practical results can be expected. Our first results have already
been obtained in the field of the development of regions mentioned already
above among the projects.
Center publications
Javor, A., Meszaros-Komaromy, G.:
Investigation of the Influence of the Road Traffic
Network
Conditions on the Development of Regions by Means of AI
Controlled
Simulation
AIS’2002,
Csik, B.: The Study of the
Market Environment of Enterprises by Simulation
(in
Hungarian)
Telecommunication (in Hungarian)
Javor,
A., Szucs, G.: A Methodology for the Determination of the Models of Soft
Systems by Means of
Intelligent Agents
Periodica Polytechnica
(in publication)
Meszaros-Komaromy, G.: Simulation as a Tool to
Promote Decision Making
in the Development of
Regions
Periodica Polytechnica
(in publication)
Csík, B: Simulation of Competitive
Market Situations using Intelligent Agents
Periodica Polytechnica
(in publication)
Meszaros-Komaromy, G.: Simulation of the Choice of Bank Offices
using a High-Level Petri Net
EURO/INFORMS Istanbul 2003
Conference (in publication)
Javor, A., Meszaros-Komaromy, G.: Simulation using Intelligent Mobile Agents
Summer Simulation Multiconference,
(in
publication)
Szucs, G.: Runlength Control in Multiparameter Simulation (in Hungarian)