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A System Theory Approach to the Representation of Mobile Digital Controllers Agents

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Innovative Concepts for Autonomic and Agent-Based Systems (WRAC 2005)

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In this paper we provide a formal definition of the component concept using the Heterogeneous Flow Systems Specification formalism (HFFS) a general system theory approach to the representation of timed systems. The HFFS formalism permits the development of hierarchical and modular components whose structure evolves over time. HFSS mobile components, a particular form of structural evolution, can represent mobile entities that exist in many systems like, for example, mobile communication devices and mobile software agents. The formal description is used to model a simple control application, based on mobile software agents, where a mobile hybrid component acts as a digital controller, allowing the runtime update of the control system of a vehicle.

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  1. Departamento de Engenharia Informática, Universidade de Coimbra, 3030, Coimbra, Portugal

    Fernando J. Barros

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Loyola College in Maryland, 21210, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Michael G. Hinchey

  2. IBM Autonomic Computing, Raleigh, NC, USA

    Patricia Rago

  3. Advanced Architectures and Automation Branch, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, 20771, Greenbelt, MD, USA

    James L. Rash

  4. Advanced Technology Laboratories, Lockheed Martin Corporation, 22203, Arlington, VA, USA

    Christopher A. Rouff

  5. School of Computing and Mathematics, University of Ulster, Jordanstown Campus, Northern Ireland

    Roy Sterritt

  6. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 588, 20771, Greenbelt, MD, USA

    Walt Truszkowski

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Barros, F.J. (2006). A System Theory Approach to the Representation of Mobile Digital Controllers Agents. In: Hinchey, M.G., Rago, P., Rash, J.L., Rouff, C.A., Sterritt, R., Truszkowski, W. (eds) Innovative Concepts for Autonomic and Agent-Based Systems. WRAC 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 3825. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11964995_29

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