Development and Specification of a Reference Model for Agent-Based Systems
| Autor: | William C. Regli, Joseph B. Kopena, Robert N. Lass, Pragnesh Jay Modi, Evan A. Sultanik, William M. Mongan, Christopher J. Dugan, Jeff Salvage, Israel Mayk |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Computer science
Software performance testing computer.software_genre Intelligent agent Software Belief–desire–intention software model Software system Electrical and Electronic Engineering Agent architecture Reference model Simulation System of systems business.industry Multi-agent system Software development Computer Science Applications Human-Computer Interaction Software framework Control and Systems Engineering Software agent Software deployment Systems development life cycle Process capability index Software design Systems design Agent systems reference model business Software engineering Software architecture computer Information Systems |
| Zdroj: | IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part C (Applications and Reviews). 39:572-596 |
| ISSN: | 1558-2442 1094-6977 |
| DOI: | 10.1109/tsmcc.2009.2020507 |
| Popis: | Agent-based systems have been the object of intense research over the past decade. While great theoretical progress has been made, the software frameworks for creating agent-based systems offer considerable variability in their capabilities and functionality. This paper introduces a reference model for agent-based systems. The purpose of a reference model is to provide a common conceptual basis for comparing systems and driving the development of software architectures and other standards. The Foundation for Intelligent Physical Agents and other groups have advanced a number of agent standards, yet, to date, no comprehensive reference model has been presented for software systems composed of agents. This paper provides an overview of a reference model for agent-based systems. The agent systems reference model is the result of a multiyear effort studying software systems built with agents and software frameworks for implementing these systems. As part of this study, the team applied software reverse engineering techniques to perform static and dynamic analysis of operational agent-based systems. This analysis enabled identification of key common concepts across over one dozen different agent frameworks. To demonstrate its applicability, the reference model is then used to analyze a number of complete agent-based software systems. It is the belief of the authors that the reference model will be an essential prerequisite for future transition, deployment, and integration of agent-based systems. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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