Autonomy of Decision-Makers in Coalitions (2002)
To dynamically form coalitions of decision-makers the degree of autonomy assumed by each decision-maker must be explicitly agreed upon beneficial for coalition numbers and result in productive...
Analysis of Human Communication during Assembly Tasks. (2002)
This paper studies human-to-human interaction in an attempt to shed some light on the kinds of human-to-machine interaction that will be necessary for intelligent robot learning of assembly tasks....
K. S. Barber, T. H. Liu, A. Goel, S. Ramaswamy
Planning and control systems for highly dynamic and uncertain manufacturing environments require adaptive flexibility and decision-making capabilities. Modern distributed manufacturing systems assess...
Flexible Reasoning Using Sensible Agent-based Systems: A Case Study in Job Flow Scheduling (2000)
K. S. Barber, T. H. Liu, A. Goel, S. Ramaswamy
Planning and control systems for highly dynamic and uncertain manufacturing environments require adaptive flexibility and decision-making capabilities. Modern distributed manufacturing systems assess...
A Design Architecture For The Modeling, Analysis And Design Of Manufacturing Control Software (2000)
There exist a variety of system specification and modeling tools for systems analysis and design which are essentially independent of one another. Although these tools are used for analyzing well...
Coordinating Distributed Decision Making using Reusable Interaction Specifications (2000)
K. S. Barber, D. C. Han, T. H. Liu
This paper investigates the issues involved in
System Stakeholders, K. S. Barber, T. Graser
Managing requirements is a significant effort in software development, particularly on large projects. Factors contributing to the difficulty of requirements refinement and analysis include the need...
Strategy Selection-based Meta-level Reasoning for Multi-Agent Problem Solving (2000)
K. S. Barber, D. C. Han, T. H. Liu
In the past two decades, researchers have developed various strategies to address MAS problem solving activities, i.e., agent organization construction, plan generation, task allocation, plan...
Strategy Selection-based Meta-level Reasoning for Multi-Agent Problem-solving (2000)
Dr. K. Suzanne Barber, K. S. Barber, D. C. Han, T. H. Liu
The manner in which agents operate must be properly understood before they can be included into any other software system. Researchers have developed various techniques to address MAS problem-solving...
K. S. Barber, T. Graser, J. Holt
ion Implementation Reference Architecture Domain Reference Architecture Figure 2 -- The SEPA 3D Architecture Metamodel The Application Architecture provides necessary linkage between the two...
Software architectures have received considerable attention in both research and practice for representing system stakeholder concerns during the software development process. While a number of...
Extending Planning as Satisfiability to Agent-based Planning (2000)
This paper focuses on the application of planning as satisfiability to the challenges of agent-based systems
The Motivation for Dynamic Adaptive Autonomy in Agentbased Systems (2000)
Agent-based systems require flexibility to perform effectively in complex and dynamic environments. Previous research has identified numerous motivations for adaptability in agent-based systems;...
Dynamic Adaptive Autonomy in Multi-Agent Systems (2000)
K. S. Barber, A. Goel, C. E. Martin
Multi-agent systems require adaptability to perform effectively in complex and dynamic environments. This article shows that agents should be able to benefit from dynamically adapting their...
Specification, Measurement, and Adjustment of Agent Autonomy: Theory and Implementation (1999)
Autonomy is an often cited but rarely agreed upon agent characteristic. Although no definition of agent autonomy is universally accepted, exploring the concept of autonomy offers many useful...
Col John Silva, Lisa Mantock, K. S. Barber, T. Graser, P. Grisham, S. Jernigan
While Joint Application Development (JAD) and Rapid Application Development (RAD) have the potential for accelerated development and increased customer acceptance, formal processes for Knowledge...
Col John Silva, K. S. Barber, T. Graser, S. Jernigan, Lisa Mantock
While Joint Application Development (JAD) and Rapid Application Development (RAD) have the potential for accelerated development and increased customer acceptance, formal processes for Knowledge...
Evaluation of on-Line Schedules By Distributed Simulation (1999)
S. R. Jernigan, S. Ramaswamy, K. S. Barber
A new algorithm for the distributed simulation and evaluation of on-line schedules is presented. Generally, on-line scheduling has often been restricted to scheduling activities on a single machine...
S. R. Jernigan, S. Ramaswamy, K. S. Barber
On-line scheduling has traditionally been restricted to a single machine or workcell. In this paper, a distributed simulation technique for on-line scheduling is expanded to encompass several...
A Distributed Search and Simulation Method for Job Flow Scheduling (1999)
S. R. Jernigan, S. Ramaswamy, K. S. Barber
Simulation serves as an effective decision support tool in flexible manufacturing systems for understanding and analyzing the effect of changes to the system environment. Due to the variety of...
A Virtual Environment For Construction And Analysis Of Manufacturing Prototypes (1999)
Christopher J. Chuter, S. Ramaswamy, K. S. Barber
The building of a virtual environment for the construction, analysis, and design of a three dimensional virtual manufacturing prototype is discussed. An agent-based framework is used to specify the...
K. S. Barber, A. Goel, T. J. Graser, T. H. Liu, R. H. Macfadzean, C. E. Martin, ...
The practical deployment of distributed agent-based systems mandates that each agent behave sensibly. This paper focuses on the development of flexible, responsive, adaptive systems based on Sensible...
Sensible Agent Problem-Solving Simulation for Manufacturing Environments (1999)
K. S. Barber, E. White, A. Goel, D. Han, J. Kim, H. Li, ...
Agent-based technologies can be applied to many aspects of manufacturing. The need for responsive, flexible agents is pervasive in manufacturing environments due to the complex, dynamic nature of...
Allocating Goals and Planning Responsibility in Dynamic Sensible Agent Organizations (1999)
A Multi-Agent System(MAS) can be viewed as a group of entities interacting to achieve individual or collective goals. Communication is a central issue in this interaction between agents. This paper...
Extended Statecharts: A Specification Formalism for High Level Design (1999)
A. Suraj, S. Ramaswamy, K. S. Barber
This paper introduces Extended Statecharts as a comprehensive modeling mechanism for high level systems design. Extended Statecharts allow for the explicit representation of declarable...
Flexible Problem-Solving Roles for Autonomous Agents (1999)
Agent-based technologies can be applied to many aspects of manufacturing. The need for responsive, flexible agents is pervasive in manufacturing environments due to the complex, dynamic nature of...
K. S. Barber, T. H. Liu, A. Goel, S. Ramaswamy
Planning and control systems for highly dynamic and uncertain manufacturing environments require adaptive flexibility and decision-making capabilities. Modern distributed manufacturing systems assess...
Meta-Modeling of Sensible Agents (1999)
This paper describes a meta-model, MAM, supporting both behavioral and declarative knowledge representation in a Sensible Agent. The paper also provides an example in the air defense domain. Accepted...
Object-Oriented Analysis, Modeling, and Simulation of a Notional Air Defense System (1999)
Bernard T. Barcio, S. Ramaswamy, Robert Macfadzean, K. S. Barber
This paper describes the analysis, modeling, and simulation of a notional air defense system using SMOOCHES (State Machines for Object-Oriented, Concurrent, Hierarchical Engineering Specifications)....
Multi-Agent Planning under Dynamic Adaptive Autonomy (1999)
: Planning in multi-agent systems must deal with concurrent interactions among agents. Autonomy levels can be used to characterize an agent's role in an organization of agents with respect to...
A High Level Specification Mechanism for the Analysis and Design of Manufacturing Systems (1999)
In this paper, a structured development approach to deriving system models that helps to better understand and represent system details is presented. Real-world systems are never completely designed...
S. Ramaswamy, A. Suraj, K. S. Barber
Finite state machines and their extensions are widely used for system modeling and analysis. Often, the models themselves do not provide much insight into critical system areas which need to be...
The Motivation for Dynamic Adaptive Autonomy in Agent-based Systems (1999)
K. S. Barber, A. Goel, C. E. Martin
Agent-based systems require flexibility to perform effectively in complex and dynamic environments. Previous research has identified numerous motivations for adaptability in agent-based systems;...
K. S. Barber, T. J. Graser, S. R. Jernigan, B. J. Mcgiverin, E. R. White
The simulation of complex domains requires the acquisition and representation of domain knowledge at a level of detail appropriate for the needs of one or more intended simulations. The Conceptual...
K. S. Barber, T. H. Liu, D. C. Han
Abstract. The recent development in the field of Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) has attracted researchers from various fields with new techniques rapidly emerging. Due to its multi-disciplinary nature, it...
Changes in the Model Creation Process to Ensure Traceability and Reuse (1999)
IEEE standards require traceability for requirements artifacts. However, common practice, commercial tools, and even popular modeling methodologies hinder the capture and maintenance of traceability...
Representing Domain Reference Architectures by Extending the UML Metamodel (1999)
K. S. Barber, T. Graser, J. Holt
Reference Architectures (RA) capture the essential architectural features for domain specific software applications by providing an object-oriented and technology independent view of the domain. RAs...
As more organizations attempt to reuse previous development efforts and incorporate legacy systems, typical software development activities have transitioned from unique ground-up coding efforts to...
Dynamic, Self-Organizing, Multi-Agent based Shop Floor Control (1999)
K. S. Barber, E. White, A. Goel, D. Han, J. Kim, H. Li, ...
In this paper, the application and the need for agent-based techniques to design manufacturing control systems is presented. The sensible agent architecture has been proposed to allow agents exhibit...
Group Membership Services for Dynamically Organized Sensible Agent-Based Systems (1999)
K. S. Barber, R. Mckay, T. H. Liu
To meet the requirements of dynamic and uncertain environments, Sensible Agents are capable of dynamically changing their organizational structures by modifying their roles, which are represented as...
Integrating third party AI components into mainstream applications (1999)
K. S. Barber, S. R. Jernigan, T. J. Graser
Software engineers must make numerous decisions throughout the development lifecycle. CASE (Computer-aided Software Engineering) tools offer decision support facilities to aide engineer in project...
Representation of Autonomy in Distributed Agent-based Systems (1999)
The level of autonomy at which individual agents function is of critical importance to the overall operation of distributed agent-based systems. An agent's level of autonomy for a goal specifies the...
K. S. Barber, T. Graser, Col John Silva
In object-oriented development, developers must model, analyze, and refine functional and system requirements captured from domain experts before identifying object classes. This process involves...
IEEE's recommended practices for Software Requirements Specifications require traceability for requirements artifacts. However, common practice, commercial tools, and even popular modeling...
Reasoning about Autonomy in Multi-Agent Systems (1999)
Robert Macfadzean, K. S. Barber
A domain-independent approach to reasoning about the autonomy level of agent goals is presented. The approach is based on general representations of knowledge about goals and resources. A hybrid...
Applying Dynamic Planning Frameworks to Agent Goals (1999)
Agent-based systems require flexibility to perform effectively in complex and dynamic environments. When appropriate, agents should be able to take initiative for completing assigned tasks in the...
K. S. Barber, T. Graser, Col John Silva
Object-oriented development is often associated with benefits such as rapid development, reusability, flexibility, maintainability, and extensibility. While various approaches and heuristics have...
K. S. Barber, T. H. Liu, A. Goel, C. E. Martin
This paper explores the process of representing and classifying conflicts in agentbased systems. These capabilities form the basis for an in-progress implementation of a domain-independent conflict...
Classification and Representation of Conflict in Multi-Agent Systems (1999)
T. H. Liu, A. Goel, C. E. Martin, K. S. Barber
This paper explores the nature of conflict in agent-based systems. A conflict classification scheme based on a differentiation between goal, plan, and belief conflicts is presented. A formal...
K. S. Barber, T. J. Graser, S. R. Jernigan
Submitted to 1st International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS'99) Setubal, Portugal March 27-30, 1999 Contact Person: ICEIS Secretariat Escola Superior de Tecnologia / IPS Rua...
K. S. Barber, T. J. Graser, Col John Silva
In object-oriented development, developers must model, analyze, and refine functional and system requirements captured from domain experts before identifying object classes. This process involves...
A. Suraj, S. Ramaswamy, K. S. Barber
Building software systems that are easier to use implies addressing the issue of increasing complexities in managing processes and communication between processes. In order to manage complexity, it...
Object-Oriented Analysis, Modeling, and Simulation of a Notional Air Defense System (1999)
Bernard T. Barcio, S. Ramaswamy, Robert Macfadzean, K. S. Barber
This paper describes the analysis, modeling, and simulation of a notional air defense system using SMOOCHES (State Machines for Object-Oriented, Concurrent, Hierarchical Engineering Specifications)....
OARS: An Object-Oriented Architecture for Reactive Systems (1999)
Bernard T. Barcio, S. Ramaswamy, K. S. Barber
1 - This paper discusses an architecture designed to provide support for the development of state transition models for an object-oriented distributed environment. The state transition models can be...
Object-Oriented Analysis, Modeling, and Simulation of a Notional Air Defense System* (1999)
Bernard T. Barcio, S. Ramaswamy, Robert Macfadzean, K. S. Barber
This paper describes the analysis, modeling, and simulation of a notional air defense system using SMOOCHES (State Machines for Object-Oriented, Concurrent, Hierarchical Engineering Specifications) ....
An Approach for Monitoring and Control of Agent-based Systems (1999)
S. Ramaswamy, A. Suraj, K. S. Barber
Finite state machines and their extensions are widely used for system modeling and analysis. Often, the models themselves do not provide much insight into critical system areas which need to be...
A Virtual Environment For Construction And Analysis Of Manufacturing Prototypes* (1999)
Christopher J. Chuter, S. Ramaswamy, K. S. Barber
The building of a virtual environment for the construction, analysis, and design of a three dimensional virtual manufacturing prototype is discussed. An agent-based framework is used to specify the...
Radar Frequency Assignment in Mobile Radar Units (1999)
Robert Macfadzean, S. Ramaswamy, K. S. Barber
This paper presents a case study based on a radar interference control problem using frequency assignment as the control mechanism. The results suggest that locally autonomous agents will generally...
Integrating third party AI components into mainstream applications (1999)
K. S. Barber, S. R. Jernigan, T. Graser
Software engineers must make numerous decisions throughout the development lifecycle. CASE (Computeraided Software Engineering) tools offer decision support facilities to aide engineer in project...
Barber, K. S., MacMahon, Matthew T., Martin, Cheryl E.
During detection and response to a Chem-Bio incident, heterogeneous groups, who may not ordinarily interact, must form a team. A Sensible Agent is a type of software agent (a Distributed Artificial...
Barber, K. S., Fullam, Karen, Graser, Thomas J., Han, David C., Kim, Joonoo, Lam, Dung, ...
Protecting the population from chemical-biological attacks and outbreaks of infectious disease is a fundamental goal of health agencies, and early warning is critical for an effective response....
A Distributed Search and Simulation Method for Job Flow Scheduling (1998)
S. R. Jernigan, S. Ramaswamy, K. S. Barber
Simulation serves as an effective decision support tool in flexible manufacturing systems for understanding and analyzing the effect of changes to the system environment. Due to the variety of...
The System Engineering Process Activities: The Methodology and Supporting Tools (1998)
K. S. Barber, T. Graser, S. Jernigan, B. Mcgiverin, A. Roesler
Actual Component Interdependency Inheritance Inheritance Figure 11 - Logical Depiction of Reference Architecture Components Figure 11 identifies abstract and actual components and depicts how domain...
Meta-Modeling of Sensible Agents (1998)
This paper describes a meta-model, MAM, supporting both behavioral and declarative knowledge representation in a Sensible Agent. The paper also provides an example in the air defense domain. Accepted...
Representation of Autonomy in Distributed Agent-based Systems (1998)
The level of autonomy at which individual agents function is of critical importance to the overall operation of distributed agent-based systems. An agent's level of autonomy for a goal specifies the...
Reasoning about Autonomy in Multi-Agent Systems (1998)
Robert Macfadzean, K. S. Barber
A domain-independent approach to reasoning about the autonomy level of agent goals is presented. The approach is based on general representations of knowledge about goals and resources. A hybrid...
Extended Statecharts: A Specification Formalism for High Level Design (1996)
A. Suraj, S. Ramaswamy, K. S. Barber
This paper introduces Extended Statecharts as a comprehensive modeling mechanism for high level systems design. Extended Statecharts allow for the explicit representation of declarable...
Agent Autonomy: Specification, Measurement, and Dynamic Adjustment (1970)
Autonomy is an often cited but rarely agreed upon agent characteristic. As the demand for agents capable of adjustable autonomy increases, a formal definition of agent autonomy becomes necessary to...
Simulation Testbed for Sensible Agent-based Systems in Dynamic and Uncertain Environments (1970)
K. S. Barber, A. Goel, D. Han, J. Kim, T. H. Liu, C. E. Martin, ...
Agent-based technologies can be applied to many aspects of manufacturing. The need for responsive, flexible agents is pervasive in manufacturing environments due to the complex, dynamic nature of...