Simulation

Prepare the simulated environment

Contents

• Create reusable variables

  Define reusable pieces of information and compute upon them, prepare for the execution of simulation batches.
• Ensure repeatability

  Control randomness, ensuring reproducibility and replicability of experiments.
• Cognitive Agents

  Agents with realistic human behavior.
• Create a network

  Define how nodes should be connected with each other.
• Create Layers

  Define data layers that live in the environment
• Create rich environments

  How to create complex environments (obstacles, and so on)

  • Find paths indoors

    How to navigate the environment, especially indoors.
  • Maps and GPS traces

    How to simulate using maps and GPS traces.
  • Simulate indoor

    How to create indoor environments based on planimetries.
  • Simulate physical interactions among pedestrians

    Physical interaction between nodes
• Deploy Nodes

  How to place nodes within Alchemist environments

  • (Irregular) Grids

    Deployment of nodes in (possibly irregular) grids.
  • Nodes inside shapes

    Deployment of nodes randomly inside arbitrary shapes.
  • GPS Traces

    Deployment of nodes on map-based environments using GPS and AIS data.
  • Graphs

    Deployment of nodes into arbitrary graphs.
• Export data

  Select which data the simulator should output, in which format, and where.
• Monitor and Control Simulations through GraphQL

  Monitor and Control a Simulation through a set of GraphQL APIs.
• Monitoring Simulations through Custom Output Monitors

  Create custom monitors to track simulation progression and interact with standard hooks.
• Program Nodes

  How to define the behavior of nodes

  • Move nodes on maps

    How to move node around in geospatial environments.
  • Node contents

    Definition of the initial content of nodes.
• Smart cameras and drones

  Simulate robots with a field of view.