Multi-agent Designs for Ambient Systems

Kendall E. Nygard; Dianxiang Xu; Jonathan Pikalek; Martin Lundell

1st International ICST Conference on Ambient Media and Systems

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Multi-agent Designs for Ambient Systems

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/ICST.AMBISYS2008.2925,
    author={Kendall E. Nygard and Dianxiang Xu and Jonathan Pikalek and Martin Lundell},
    title={Multi-agent Designs for Ambient Systems},
    proceedings={1st International ICST Conference on Ambient Media and Systems},
    publisher={ICST},
    proceedings_a={AMBI-SYS},
    year={2010},
    month={5},
    keywords={Architecture description languages},
    doi={10.4108/ICST.AMBISYS2008.2925}
}

Kendall E. Nygard
Dianxiang Xu
Jonathan Pikalek
Martin Lundell
Year: 2010
Multi-agent Designs for Ambient Systems
AMBI-SYS
ICST
DOI: 10.4108/ICST.AMBISYS2008.2925

Kendall E. Nygard¹^,*, Dianxiang Xu²^,*, Jonathan Pikalek³^,*, Martin Lundell⁴^,*

1: North Dakota State University Dept. of Computer Science Fargo, ND 58105-5164 1-701-231-8203
2: North Dakota State University Dept. of Computer Science Fargo, ND 58105-5164 1-701-231-8185
3: North Dakota State University Dept. of Computer Science Fargo, ND 58105-5164 1-701-231-8562
4: University of Minnesota Crookston Dept. of Math, Sci., and Technology Crookston, MN 56716 1-218-281-8180

*Contact email: Kendall.Nygard@ndsu.edu, Dianxiang.Xu@ndsu.edu, Jonathan.Pikalek@ndsu.edu, mlundell@umn.edu

Abstract

Designing and developing software for an ambient intelligence (AmI) system involves difficult challenges related to the varied roles of many heterogeneous devices and communication channels, and intelligent user interfaces. Because ambient systems have unpredictable requirements and are context-aware, software designs must support dynamic and sustainable change. We argue that such designs should utilize formal methods and aspect-oriented techniques, to help in supporting model validation and verification. Features of an aspect-oriented, multi-agent, architectural description language are presented as a mechanism for reasoning about cross-cutting concerns.

Keywords: Architecture description languages

Published: 2010-05-16
Publisher: ICST
Modified: 2010-05-16

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/ICST.AMBISYS2008.2925

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