A Distributed Platform for Global-Scale Agent-Based Models of Disease Transmission
Abstract
The Global-Scale Agent Model (GSAM) is presented. The GSAM is a high-performance distributed platform for agent-based epidemic modeling capable of simulating a disease outbreak in a population of several billion agents. It is unprecedented in its scale, its speed, and its use of Java. Solutions to multiple challenges inherent in distributing massive agent-based models are presented. Communication, synchronization, and memory usage are among the topics covered in detail. The memory usage discussion is Java specific. However, the communication and synchronization discussions apply broadly. We provide benchmarks illustrating the GSAM’s speed and scalability.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 2011
- Source ID
- 10.1145/2043635.2043637
Entities
People
- Jon Parker
- Joshua M. Epstein
Organizations
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Johns Hopkins University
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences
- National Institutes of Health
- Office of Naval Research
- University of Pittsburgh