Title :
An integrated development environment for distributed multi-agent applications
Author :
Mehra, Anshu ; Chiodini, Virginio
Author_Institution :
Gensym Corp., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents an Agent Development Environment (ADE) for building distributed multi-agent applications. ADE provides a predefined class hierarchy of agents and agent parts, an agent communications "middleware", and a graphical language for designing and developing agent behavior based on the Grafcet standard. In addition, ADE provides a distributed simulation environment to test agent-based applications, and a center to deploy agents on the network. In this paper we provide a brief overview of ADE and present two Adaptive Control applications developed with ADE.
Keywords :
cooperative systems; Grafcet standard; adaptive control applications; agent behavior; agent communications middleware; distributed multi-agent applications; distributed simulation environment; graphical language; integrated development environment; predefined class hierarchy; Adaptive control; Communication standards; IEC standards; Java; Machine learning; Magnetic fields; Middleware; Object oriented modeling; Predictive models; Standards development; Temperature control; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Multi Agent Systems, 1998. Proceedings. International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8500-X
DOI :
10.1109/ICMAS.1998.699281
