Reusable Agent-Based Simulations of Cyber-Physical Energy Systems: Environments as First-Class Entities
Schrage, Rico and Nieße, Astrid
Open Conference Proceedings
Agent-based simulation in cyber-physical energy systems is a challenging task, often involving multiple dimensions and layers, heterogeneous actors, and large-scale systems, to serve as an effective analysis tool. It is also hard to compare multi-agent systems because most simulations use complex, non-reusable agent environments. To address these problems, a simulation framework that supports not only complex simulation but also reusable environments for agent systems is needed. This paper describes a Julia-based simulation framework for agent-based simulations of cyber-physical (energy) systems, featuring an environment API that enables the creation of reusable environments. For this purpose, an event-based architecture for agent-environment interaction is proposed, implemented in a framework, and demonstrated as a showcase.
March / 2026
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