A real-time agent architecture and robust task scheduling.

by Zhao Lei. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 78-85). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.ii / Acknowledgments --- p.iv / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 2 --- Background --- p.5 / Chapter 2.1 --- Agents --- p.5 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Deliberative Agents --- p.7 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Reactive Agents --- p.8 / Chapter 2.1.3 --- Interacting Agents --- p.9 / Chapter 2.1.4 --- Hybrid Architectures --- p.10 / Chapter 2.2 --- Real-time Artificial Intelligence --- p.10 / Chapter 2.3 --- Real-Time Agents --- p.12 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- The Subsumption Architecture --- p.13 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- The InterRAP Architecture --- p.15 / Chapter 2.3.3 --- The 3T Architecture --- p.16 / Chapter 2.4 --- On-line Scheduling in Real-Time Agents --- p.18 / Chapter 3 --- A Real-Time Agent Architecture --- p.20 / Chapter 3.1 --- Human Cognition Model --- p.20 / Chapter 3.1.1 --- Perception --- p.22 / Chapter 3.1.2 --- Cognition --- p.22 / Chapter 3.1.3 --- Action --- p.23 / Chapter 3.2 --- Real-Time Message Passing Primitives and Process Structuring --- p.24 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Message Passing as IPC --- p.25 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Administrator and Worker Processes --- p.28 / Chapter 3.3 --- Agent Architecture --- p.29 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Sensor Workers and the Sensor Administrator --- p.30 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- The Cognition Workers --- p.32 / Chapter 3.3.3 --- "The Task Administrator, the Scheduler Worker and Ex- ecutor Workers" --- p.32 / Chapter 3.4 --- An Agent-Based Real-time Arcade Game --- p.34 / Chapter 4 --- A Multiple Method Approach to Task Scheduling --- p.37 / Chapter 4.1 --- Task Scheduling Mechanism --- p.37 / Chapter 4.1.1 --- Task and Action --- p.38 / Chapter 4.1.2 --- Task Administrator --- p.40 / Chapter 4.1.3 --- Task Scheduler --- p.43 / Chapter 4.2 --- A Task Scheduling Model --- p.44 / Chapter 4.3 --- Combination Rules and Special Cases --- p.46 / Chapter 4.4 --- Scheduling Algorithms --- p.49 / Chapter 5 --- Task Scheduling Model: Analysis and Experiments --- p.53 / Chapter 5.1 --- Goodness Measure --- p.53 / Chapter 5.2 --- Theoretical Analysis --- p.54 / Chapter 5.3 --- Implementation --- p.59 / Chapter 5.3.1 --- Task Generator Implementation --- p.59 / Chapter 5.3.2 --- Executor Workers Implementation --- p.61 / Chapter 5.4 --- Experimental Results --- p.62 / Chapter 5.4.1 --- Hybrid Mechanism and Individual Algorithms --- p.63 / Chapter 5.4.2 --- Effect of Average Execution Time --- p.65 / Chapter 5.4.3 --- Effect of the Greedy Algorithm --- p.65 / Chapter 5.4.4 --- Effect of the Advanced Algorithm --- p.67 / Chapter 5.4.5 --- Effect of Actions and Relations Among Them --- p.68 / Chapter 5.4.6 --- Effect of Deadline --- p.71 / Chapter 6 --- Conclusions --- p.73 / Chapter 6.1 --- Summary of Contributions --- p.73 / Chapter 6.2 --- Future Work --- p.75

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_323886
Date January 2002
ContributorsZhao, Lei., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Computer Science and Engineering.
Source SetsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish, Chinese
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, bibliography
Formatprint, x, 85 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
RightsUse of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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