ABMS assignment 4: Scaling

Work with your standing ovation project, investigate computational versus network limitations under the following conditions:

• Different levels of abstraction
  • All persons in a single module
  • n persons pr. module
  • One module pr. person
• Number of whiteboards
  • Few vs. many whiteboards
  • Psyclone on a single machine vs. distribute whiteboards over many computers
• Number of messages
  • Message sent whenever a person changes status (many small messages)
  • fewer larger messages with more information (e.g. module sends messages with information on all it’s persons)

Suggest optimal settings based on using 4 computers (gola 4-7)

• How many person are you able to run
• Speed of results
• Minimal number of lost messages
• etc.