Dynamic Agent Creation - Best Practices

[Dimitrios Traskas]

Hi to all,

I have managed to slowly build up my simulation project and came to the
point that I need to dynamically create a couple of thousand Agents. I have
read the thread about Dynamic Agent Creation but I was wondering if I could
get some tips in order to generate thousands of Agents for various
simulation models. I also need to pass to each one of these Agents some
data. They need to know their working shifts through the day and how they
are going to perform (as it is a simulation). What would you say is the best
practice to do that? Do I need to use the LDM Data Assets or can I just
solve my problem by pushing a collection of data in the blackboard which is
then picked up by each of the Agents after they are created?

I would appreciate any tips on the subject because the dynamic creation of
Agents on my project is critical and I dont want to waste any memory or
resources. It has to be very efficient and reliable as the data that is
passed to each Agent can affect the end result dramatically.


Regards
Dimitris
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