Redsiex: a cooperative network of expert systems with blackboard architectures

The Blackboard Architecture, originally developed for the system that permits the comprehension of the language HEARSAY II, has later been used in a great variety of domains and in various environments for the construction of systems. From the classic architecture of the HEARSAY II many applications, generalizations, extensions and refinements have been developed. In this paper we present REDSIEX, (RED de Sistemes EXpertos) which is a Network of Expert Systems with Blackboard Architectures, for the cooperative solution of distributed problems. The REDSIEX system inherits various of the elements defined by the architecture of HEARSAY II but Ruthermore incorporates new components and organization. These produce a very characteristic and exclusive global work style in the solution of problems, within a conceptual framework of Emergent Control. The main structural and functional characteristics of REDSIEX are herein discussed.