NDLI: A hierarchical blackboard architecture for distributed AI systems

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Weiss, M. Stetter, F.
Copyright Year	1992
Description	Author affiliation: Lehrstuhl fur Praktische Inf., Mannheim, Germany (Weiss, M.; Stetter, F.)
Abstract	A framework for distributed problem solving should support the incremental development and integration of problem solvers into the system in agreement with the principles of stepwise refinement and functional decomposition. The organizational structure of the framework should guide the mapping of each of the functional areas onto agents and its communication structure should reflect this decomposition. The authors describe a hierarchical multi-blackboard architecture, called the Hierarchical Blackboard System (HBBS) which satisfies these requirements. It serves as an integration architecture for heterogeneous expert systems. Important features of the system, such as the hierarchy concept, communication strategy and configuration management of the system at run-time are discussed. A working prototype HBBS for distributed CAD/CAE of communication systems is described.<>
Starting Page	349
Ending Page	355
File Size	597632
Page Count	7
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0818628308
DOI	10.1109/SEKE.1992.227969
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	1992-06-15
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Prototypes Problem-solving Computer aided engineering Artificial intelligence Expert systems
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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