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Koala: An Object-Agent Design System, Kym J. Pohl, Jens G. Pohl Aug 1996

Koala: An Object-Agent Design System, Kym J. Pohl, Jens G. Pohl

Collaborative Agent Design (CAD) Research Center

This paper describes KOALA, a design system with primary focus on the predesign stage of architectural design. KOALA combines object-agent technology with high level representation to form a partnership between the human designer and the computer-based design environment. A diverse taxonomy of agents including Domain agents. Space agents, and Monitor agents work in a collaborative fashion to provide the human designer with expert evaluation and assistance in developing a design solution. Spaces, in their roles as agents attempt to formulate various design solutions based on individual perspectives through negotiation with other agents. The result is a highly interactive design environment …


A Tale Of Two Applications On The Nii, Geoffrey C. Fox Jan 1996

A Tale Of Two Applications On The Nii, Geoffrey C. Fox

Northeast Parallel Architecture Center

We describe the expected capability of the NII (as an evolution of the Internet) interns of five broad service areas---collaboration, multimedia information dissemination, commerce, metacomputing, and Webtop productivity. We illustrate the demands on these services and the technology implications by examination of two application areas---manufacture of complex systems, such as aircraft and crisis management, command and control.