The design and control of the crustal movement simulation system

Crustal movement modeling and analysis are the major task in the earth system science. In this paper, a distributed system for simulating the crustal movement was developed with embedded systems and common programming languages. The crustal movement simulation system (CMSS) is designed based on multi-agent system (MAS). A three layered MAS architecture with good generality is presented, which can be used in small, medium and large scale CMSS. A general approach for formation control of the multi-agent system is developed. Simulation results demonstrate the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed method.

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