Python-Based Ecosystem for Agent Communities Simulation

Abstract

This paper presents an innovative multi-agent ecosystem framework designed to simulate various energy communities and smart grids while providing an easy and practical solution to manage and control each simulation. This framework allows the coexistence of various multi-agent systems and provides tools to enable the management of the ecosystem and its agents. The framework also provides a web application programming interface that allows the management to use third-party’s software. The proposed framework was based on the Smart Python Agent Development Environment (SPADE) framework. Finally, this paper presents a case study that simulates an energy community with 50 members. The case study evaluates the community’s energy bill by comparing a scenario without battery energy storage systems with a scenario where storage systems are available for some members of the community. The case study uses real storage units that are integrated into the proposed system and used for simulation.