14th IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI'02)
A TMO Based Approach to Structuring Real-Time Agents
Washington, DC
November 04-November 06
ISBN: 0-7695-1849-4
Mobile agent structuring is an increasingly practiced branch of distributed computing software engineering. In this paper we discuss the major issues encountered in producing real-time (RT) agents which are designed to perform output actions in manners meeting specified timing requirements. An approach to structuring of RT agents which is an extension of a high-level real-time distributed object programming approach called the Time-triggered Message-triggered Object (TMO) programming scheme, is also presented. The TMO based approach is promising because it provides a sound framework in which timeliness issues can be resolved in cost-effective manners.
Index Terms:
real-time, agent, mobile, object, TMO, time-trigger, timeliness, protection, structuring, software engineering
Citation:
K. H. (Kane) Kim, "A TMO Based Approach to Structuring Real-Time Agents," ictai, pp.165, 14th IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI'02), 2002