I-700-ABMS, Agent-Based Modeling & Simluation, 2007-1

Assigned: January 11
Due: January 16

The student should learn the basics of the Psyclone simulation environment and be able to:

• Run Psyclone from the command line
  • with the psySpec
  • with external java modules
  • with 2 or more external modules on 2 computers
  • using psySpec and Psyclone Satellite for automatic startup of external modules
• Understand
  • message-based APIs/module interaction
  • contexts and phases
  • whiteboards
  • module parameters
• Use
  • psyProbe Web-based monitoring tool
  • Java-based interaction tool

• Get a login on the Gola computer cluster.
• Log into the Psyclone directory.
• Start by reading the QUICKSTART.txt file
• The Psyclone manual/tutorial in the html directory (index.html) provides detail
• Go through these use cases:
  • External modules
  • Multiple computers
• Modify the dominosPsySpec.xml to use different contexts and phases
• Write a simple external Psyclone module that subscribes to your own message type and changes contexts in the dominosPsySpec example