Divine Ndumu
Release 1.04, July 2000
ZEUS Methodology Documentation Part III
The Application Realisation Guide
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Divine Ndumu Release 1.04, July 2000 |
| 1 | Introduction |
| 1.1 | The Conceptual Zeus Agent |
| 1.2 | An Overview of the Agent Realisation Process |
| 1.3 | Getting Started |
| 2 | The Ontology Creation Stage |
| How to Create a New Ontology | |
| How to Load an Ontology | |
| How to Create a New Fact | |
| How to Create a New Attribute | |
| How to Set the Type of an Attribute | |
| How to Restrict an Attribute | |
| How to Set Attribute Defaults | |
| How to Create a Restriction | |
| How to Save an Ontology | |
| 3 | The Agent Creation Stage |
| Choosing the Application Time-Grain | |
| Getting Started | |
| How to Create an Agent | |
| How to Clone an Agent | |
| How to Delete an Agent | |
| How to Save an Agent | |
| How to Configure an Agent | |
| 3.1 | The Agent Definition Stage |
| Configuring Planning Parameters | |
| Task Identification | |
| Initial Agent Resource Allocation | |
| 3.2 | The Task Definition Stage |
| Using the Primitive Task Editor | |
| Using the Summary Task Editor | |
| 3.3 | The Agent Organisation Stage |
| Entering Known Acquaintances | |
| Entering Known Abilities | |
| 3.4 | The Agent Co-ordination Stage |
| 3.4.1 | How Agents Interact |
| How to Equip an Agent with a Co-ordination Protocol | |
| How to Equip an Agent with an Interaction Strategy | |
| How to add new Interaction Protocols and Strategies | |
| 3.5 | The Rulebase Creation Stage |
| Entering a Rulebase | |
| 4 | The Utility Agent Configuration Stage |
| Configuring the Name Servers | |
| Configuring the Facilitators | |
| Configuring the Visualisers | |
| Configuring the Database Proxies | |
| 5 | The Task Agent Configuration Stage |
| Configuring the Task Agents | |
| 6 | The Agent Implementation Stage |
| How to Generate Task and Agent Source Code | |
| How to Implement a Task | |
| How to Connect an Agent to an External Resource | |
| How to Connect an Agent to an External Program | |
| How to Instruct an Agent to Do Something | |
| How to Influence an Agent’s Behaviour | |
| How to Access an Agent’s Resources | |
| How to Implement a new Interaction Strategy | |
| Running the Application | |
| Concluding Remarks | |
| Contents | Introduction | Ontologies | Building Task Agents |
Utility Agents | Task Agent Configuration |
Agent Implementation |