Title :
The Consensus approach to intelligent systems engineering
Author :
Smith, Ron ; Slade, Andrew
Author_Institution :
Cambridge Consultants Ltd., UK
Abstract :
A large-scale application in the area of air traffic control (ATC) has been built to allow the Consensus methodology to be evaluated. The Consensus project is using Craig´s (1989) Cassandra architecture-a refinement of the blackboard architecture-as a framework for designing distributed AI applications, coupling it with the real-time structured analysis techniques of Hatley & Pirbhai (1987), to bring engineering discipline into system development. Examples from the design documentation and source code for the application are given
Keywords :
air-traffic control; knowledge based systems; software engineering; system documentation; systems analysis; systems engineering; Cassandra architecture; Consensus methodology; Consensus project; air traffic control; blackboard architecture; design documentation; distributed AI applications; engineering discipline; intelligent systems engineering; real-time structured analysis; source code; system development;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Systems Engineering, 1992., First International Conference on (Conf. Publ. No. 360)
Conference_Location :
Edinburgh
Print_ISBN :
0-85296-549-4
