A language and architecture for efficient blackboard systems

Author

Hewett, Micheal ; Hewett, Rattikorn

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Florida Atlantic Univ., Boca Raton, FL, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

1-5 Mar 1993

Firstpage

34

Lastpage

40

Abstract

The authors present a low-level language for blackboard systems. They also present efficient blackboard activation and agenda maintenance mechanisms. The reason why RETE-like pattern-matching networks are not appropriate for blackboard systems is explained. Instead, activation demons provide an efficient mechanism for agenda maintenance. The results show a significant speedup in agenda maintenance and execution when using the new mechanism in the BB1 blackboard architecture

Keywords

blackboard architecture; expert systems; knowledge representation; pattern matching; BB1 blackboard architecture; RETE-like pattern-matching networks; activation demons; agenda maintenance mechanisms; blackboard activation; blackboard systems; low-level language; Artificial intelligence; Computer architecture; Computer science; Control systems; Design optimization; Expert systems; Knowledge representation; Pattern matching; Problem-solving; Production systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Artificial Intelligence for Applications, 1993. Proceedings., Ninth Conference on

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

Print_ISBN

0-8186-3840-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CAIA.1993.366664

Filename

366664