Date of Award
3-2000
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science
Department
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
First Advisor
Scott A. DeLoach, PhD
Abstract
The Air Force, as well as all of industry, is currently faced with the problem of having to produce larger and more complex software systems that run efficiently and reliably as well as being extensible and maintainable. This research addresses this problem by developing a knowledge representation language that can be used to unambiguously specify and design software systems in a verifiable, efficient, and understandable manner. The language is a combination of object-oriented and component-based methodologies and makes use of both graphics and text to represent information. Although designed for the development of any type of software system, the language has been implemented in agentTool, a multi-agent development environment.
AFIT Designator
AFIT-GCS-ENG-00M-22
DTIC Accession Number
ADA380741
Recommended Citation
Robinson, David J., "A Component Based Approach to Agent Specification" (2000). Theses and Dissertations. 4850.
https://scholar.afit.edu/etd/4850
Comments
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