ARCHON: Theory and Practice
OA Location
Author(s)
Jennings, NR
Wittig, T
Type
Chapter
Abstract
This paper describes the state of the ARCHON project at its halfway stage. It outlines why a Distributed AI approach is appropriate for large industrial applications, the benefits which accrue and highlights those domain characteristics which have had significant bearing on the design process. The ARCHON functional architecture is described and a clear mapping with the design forces is made. The problem of constructing a general architecture which is sufficiently powerful for real-size applications is raised and two mechanisms used within ARCHON for achieving this objective are identified. The first mechanism is to combine generic, declarative knowledge related to cooperation and control with situated action formalisms which are tailored to the particular application. The second approach is to provide general structures which can be instantiated with domain specific information.
Editor(s)
Avouris, NM
Gasser, L
Date Issued
1993-12-31
Citation
Distributed Artificial Intelligence: Theory and Praxis, 1993, 5, pp.179-195
ISBN
978-0-7923-1585-8
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Start Page
179
End Page
195
Journal / Book Title
Distributed Artificial Intelligence: Theory and Praxis
Eurocourses: Computer and Information Science
Volume
5
Copyright Statement
© Springer Verlag 1993. The final publication is available at Springer.
Identifier
http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/252087/
Publication Status
Published