The paper proposes a modeling methodology allowing the specification of multi mobile agent systems using nLNS, a multi level Petri net based formalism. The prey-predator problem is addressed and a modular and hierarchical model for this case study is developed. An overview of a nLNS simulator is presented through the prey predator problem.

We report on a combination of system theoretic simulation modeling methodology with the JavaBeans component model as a basis for a component-based simulation framework. While system theory formalisms can serve as formal, mathematical foundations for modular, hierarchical modeling and simulation, the JavaBeans component model provides the appropriate implementation base. The result of the synerg...

In this paper, I discuss how the Boltzmann Machine framework can be used for modeling hybrid and modular architectures. The advantage is that it provides a rm theoretical basis for the derivation of learning rules in the presence of lateral inhibition, feed-forward and feedback .

Recently there has been a growing interest in modeling motor control systems with modular structures. Such control structures have many interesting properties, which have been described in recent studies. We here focus on some properties which are related to the fact that specific set of contexts can themselves be modeled modularly.

Modular structures are common in complex natural and artificial systems, and the terms “modular” or “modularity” are used throughout the engineering design literature. However, formal ways to measure or quantify modularity are still needed. This paper introduces an information-based approach to measure modularity, built on the relationship between complexity and modularity. In this information-...

BACKGROUND Most of synthetic circuits developed so far have been designed by an ad hoc approach, using a small number of components (i.e. LacI, TetR) and a trial and error strategy. We are at the point where an increasing number of modular, inter-changeable and well-characterized components is needed to expand the construction of synthetic devices and to allow a rational approach to the design....

The paper discussed the development of a simulator for the Programmable CVD Reactor system using the modular simulation approach. The design of the Programmable Reactor lends itself very naturally to a modular approach because of the segmented showerhead design while each segment is a fairly complex component, with individually controllable reactant gas supply and residual gas exhaust, the desi...

Approaches to engineering design and manufacturing such as integrated design and manufacture and just in time fabrication depend on interaction with and among component supply companies that most often use very diverse technologies. The Internet Engineering Design Agents (i-EDA) software system uses a distributed, component-based, agent methodology that is realized following a strong black box ...

In this paper Proposes, makes an attempt to develop grid connected modeling of the Photovoltaic Power Conversion using Modular Multilevel Converter (PPCMMC). The proposed system makes use of single stage power conversion with maximum power point tracking and modeling of the Photovoltaic Power Conversion using Modular Multilevel Converter (PPCMMC) as interfacing unit into the grid. In this paper...

Modular organization in biological networks has been suggested as a natural mechanism by which a cell coordinates its metabolic strategies for evolving and responding to environmental perturbations. To understand how this occurs, there is a need for developing computational schemes that contribute to integration of genomic-scale information and assist investigators in formulating biological hyp...