Multi Agent System (MAS)

With r3159 a Multi Agent System (MAS) has been added to PALM. It can be used to simulate the movement of pedestrians ('agents').
This documentation contains several sections:

INPUT

List of all namelist parameters that can be used to steer the MAS

EXAMPLE SETUPS

Files to carry out example runs using the MAS

VISIBILITY GRAPH

Description of the manditory preprocessing step and its usage

A* - PATHFINDING

Description of the navigation mechanism used by agents to find their way through obstacles towards their target

SOCIAL FORCES

Core of the MAS, governing the movement of agents and their collision avoidance

OUTPUT

Description of all output given by the MAS: files, messages and CPU measures

CODE STRUCTURE

Description of the technical implementation of the MAS into PALM

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