A simple framework for agent-based modeling which includes support for distributed simulations.
(short for cesspool)
To use cess as-is, just install via pip
pip install cess
To run a developent version to add changes to cess, do something like:
virtualenv venv #make a virtualenv
. ./venv/bin/activate #start the env
pip -r requirements.txt #install tools/libs
./runtest.sh #run unit-tests
There are three components to the distributed simulation support:
- the Workers, which perform simulation steps locally
- the Arbiter, which manages workers and mediates their communication
- the Cluster, which communicates to the Arbiter (i.e. sends commands to the cluster)
To run the Arbiter:
cess arbiter <host:port>
To run a node of Workers (one worker per core):
cess node <arbiter host:port>
The MIT License (MIT)
Copyright (c) 2016 Francis Tseng
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