Zakaria Maamar
Jeff Sutherland
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- Toward intelligent business objects
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Brad D. Reid
This brief "technical opinion" outlines how Business Objects (BOs) could be enhanced with Distributed Artificial Intelligence (DAI), thus being useful in such fields as cooperative manufacturing. This article contains a series of questions for system designers to consider. The BO may be considered a reactive agent and to avoid conflicts, the authors suggest considering: "How can collaborative BOs be designed__?__ What types of information could these BOs exchange__?__ What types of communication middlewares could support these exchanges__?__ And, how could these BOs be associated with common goals__?__" If BO behavior must be adaptive, then as cognitive agents the plan design must consider: "Who has requested the service__?__ What are the operations that carry out the service__?__ What happens if an operation fails__?__ And, what kind of resources do these operations require__?__" A "goal decomposition approach" consists of identifying service with a Business Objective Management Architecture (BOMA) purpose, and then breaking this into subgoals and specific tasks. A specialized BO, the Broker, links needed services and available resources. The DAI "Contract-Net" may be used to consider workloads and capabilities in this process. Conversation occurs by using a Business-Object Communication Language (BOCL). A figure illustrates a multilayer BO architecture with the first layer containing the BO's knowledge of goals. The second layer is the BO's services. The third layer contains operations used to perform user services. The fourth layer contains a reference to the operations belonging to other BOs. This article is more conceptual than concrete and as such is primarily useful as a starting point for individuals considering such designs.
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