Multi-Agent Rule-Based Development Environments

本计画旨在发展一个多使用者协同工作的模式 基于规则的开发环境（RBDE）。 RBDE是一类 帮助开发人员进行开发的环境 过程 RBDE是建立在对象管理系统之上的， 项目组件作为对象，代表产品和过程。 他们按照规划系统的风格对开发过程进行建模 作用于这些对象的规则。 每条规则都封装了一个活动 通过指定必须满足的条件来启动 活动和完成活动的效果。 RBDE认为， 对象库的一致性和自动进行一些开发 活动通过规则之间的向前和向后链接。 大多数现有的RBDE都是单用户的;那些支持多个 用户隔离用户，阻止合作。 这个目标 项目是扩大RBDE，以协助开发人员团队合作 大型项目。 这种合作涉及：（1）并发 控制;（2）多视图;（3）进化;（4）分布。 这四个问题将在MARVEL RBDE的背景下得到解决。 MARVEL的单用户版本已经完成，并授权给11个 外部网站。 扩展MARVEL涉及解决四个问题 除了设计MARVEL之外， 架构

This project is to develop a model for cooperative work in multi-user rule-based development environments (RBDEs). RBDEs forma class of environments that assist developers in carrying out the development process. RBDEs are built on object management systems that abstract project components as objects, representing both product and process. They model the development process in terms of planning system-style rules that act on these objects. Each rule encapsulates an activity by specifying the condition that must be satisfied to initiate the activity and the effects of completing the activity. RBDEs maintain object base consistency and automatically carry out some development activities through forward and backward chaining among the rules. Most existing RBDEs are single-user; those that support multiple users isolate the users, preventing cooperation. The goal of this project is to scale up RBDEs to assist teams of developers cooperating on large-scale projects. This cooperation involves: (1) concurrency control; (2) multiple views; (3) evolution; and (4) distribution. These four problems will be solved in the context of the MARVEL RBDE. A single-user version of MARVEL has been completed, and licensed to 11 external sites. Scaling up MARVEL involves solving the four theoretical problems in addition to engineering the MARVEL architecture.