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20162025
most citedBioDynaMo: a general platform for scalable agent-based simulation

54 citations · 83 across the 10 of their papers we have counts for

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10 papers

q-bio.OT2025

Computational optimisation of slow cooling profiles for the cryopreservation of cells in suspension

Jack Lee Jennings, Sanja Bojic, Lukas Breitwieser +2

The cryopreservation of biological materials is a highly complex process, as it involves numerous factors such as the cooling and thawing procedures, the administration of cryoprot…

cs.DC2025

TeraAgent: A Distributed Agent-Based Simulation Engine for Simulating Half a Trillion Agents

Lukas Breitwieser, Ahmad Hesam, Abdullah Giray Yağlıkçı +3

Agent-based simulation is a method for studying highly complex systems in disciplines as diverse as biology, medicine, sociology, economics, finance, and more. In this method, an a…

cs.DC2025

Design and Analysis of an Extreme-Scale, High-Performance, and Modular Agent-Based Simulation Platform

Lukas Johannes Breitwieser

Agent-based modeling is indispensable for studying complex systems across many domains. However, existing simulation platforms exhibit two major issues: performance and modularity.…

cs.CE2024★ 1 cited

Calibration of stochastic, agent-based neuron growth models with Approximate Bayesian Computation

Tobias Duswald, Lukas Breitwieser, Thomas Thorne +2

Understanding how genetically encoded rules drive and guide complex neuronal growth processes is essential to comprehending the brain's architecture, and agent-based models (ABMs)…

cs.DC2023★ 9 cited

High-Performance and Scalable Agent-Based Simulation with BioDynaMo

Lukas Breitwieser, Ahmad Hesam, Fons Rademakers +2

Agent-based modeling plays an essential role in gaining insights into biology, sociology, economics, and other fields. However, many existing agent-based simulation platforms are n…

cs.DC2021★ 8 cited

GPU Acceleration of 3D Agent-Based Biological Simulations

Ahmad Hesam, Lukas Breitwieser, Fons Rademakers +1

Researchers in biology are faced with the tough challenge of developing high-performance computer simulations of their increasingly complex agent-based models. BioDynaMo is an open…

cs.CE2020★ 54 cited

BioDynaMo: a general platform for scalable agent-based simulation

Lukas Breitwieser, Ahmad Hesam, Jean de Montigny +10

Motivation: Agent-based modeling is an indispensable tool for studying complex biological systems. However, existing simulators do not always take full advantage of modern hardware…

cs.DC2016★ 9 cited

The BioDynaMo Project: Creating a Platform for Large-Scale Reproducible Biological Simulations

Lukas Breitwieser, Roman Bauer, Alberto Di Meglio +6

Computer simulations have become a very powerful tool for scientific research. In order to facilitate research in computational biology, the BioDynaMo project aims at a general pla…

cs.NE2016★ 2 cited

The BioDynaMo Project: a platform for computer simulations of biological dynamics

Leonard Johard, Lukas Breitwieser, Alberto Di Meglio +3

This paper is a brief update on developments in the BioDynaMo project, a new platform for computer simulations for biological research. We will discuss the new capabilities of the…

cs.NE2016

The BioDynaMo Project

Roman Bauer, Lukas Breitwieser, Alberto Di Meglio +5

Computer simulations have become a very powerful tool for scientific research. Given the vast complexity that comes with many open scientific questions, a purely analytical or expe…