HARC Scholar Timothy Bussman with his Mentor, Dr. Stephen Wong
The Sky.NET engine is designed to be a highly flexible and extensible simulation framework facilitating rapid design of complex scenarios. The engine simulates the interactions of a system of entities representing a particular scenario, where an entity is any identifiable object in the simulation that can be described as having particular attributes (e.g. color, position, size, etc.) and associated behaviors (e.g. move, buy, sell, attack, etc.). This will enable the system to create interactive experiences such as role-playing scenarios and natural disaster situations. The Sky.NET system is designed to utilize the data management and parallel processing capabilities of distributed and clustered databases and servers. Additionally, a powerful aspect of the system is the ability to define and introduce entities into the system at run time.
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