Abstract:

In order to evaluate the performance of parallel simulation algorithms, there is a need for a benchmark model. To solve the problem that there is currently lack of such a common benchmark model that is independent of applications in the parallel agentbased simulation (PABS) research community, based on the design principles of parallel HOLD which is a classic synthetic benchmark model for parallel discrete event simulations (PDES), a common benchmark model for PABS is proposed according to the characteristics of agent based simulations (ABS). This model can easily synthesize various required workloads based on application characteristics and exclude the impact of elements related to specific applications on the performance analysis so as to provide a common benchmark for different PABS researchers. Finally, with this model, the impact of the computation granularity of agents and the number of processors on the speedup is analyzed experimentally.