This paper describes the network modeling techniques that were developed to assess the reliability and availability performance of the Combat Information Transport System (CITS). CITS is the backbone network that provides high-capacity transport of data, voice, and video for all active duty and reserve Air Force bases. The model includes the network topology, the configuration and interconnecti...

Nowadays, agents may run on different hardware platforms, which is a useful approach in Ubiquitous Computing in order to achieve intelligent agents embedded in the environment. This approach can be considered the vision of an Intelligent Ambient. In this paper, a new agent model “specially” designed for the recent Android Google SDK is presented, where the Android mobile phone can be considered...

Nowadays, multiagent systems became a widely used technology in everyday life. More studies are needed to evaluate these systems from different aspects such as evaluating agent dialogues, the participants to these dialogues, and the protocols governing the dialogues, etc. In this paper, we define new measures for dialogue games from an external agent’s point of view. In particular, two measurem...

This paper gives an overall overview of the AgentSpace framework, a next-generation Java mobile agent system developed on top of the ObjectSpace Voyager system. We first introduce the notion of dynamic and distributed agent-based applications and argue that the AgentSpace features are suitable to support them. The AgentSpace novelties include: flexible and dynamic association between agents, se...

We analyze the problem of modeling and developing multiagent systems from the organizational theory point of view. In particular, we focus on the critical issue of adapting multiagent systems organizations whenever changes in the structure of the multiagent system are required. We survey different relevant agent-oriented methodologies and discuss their suitability in dealing with adaptation in ...

This paper gives an overall overview of the AgentSpace framework, a next-generation Java mobile agent system developed on top of the ObjectSpace Voyager system. We first introduce the notion of dynamic and distributed agent-based applications and argue that the AgentSpace features are suitable to support them. The AgentSpace novelties include: flexible and dynamic association between agents, se...

Although inexpensive, high performance computer graphics hardware has become commonly available, its application in the mobile agent and networking fields has thus far been limited. In this paper, we present AgentViz, a visualization tool which utilizes this technology to display and animate the parallel behavior of mobile agents over a network topology. This system provides an effective way fo...

in this paper a single server queuing production system is considered which is subject to gradual deterioration. the system is discussed under two different deteriorating conditions. a planning horizon is considered and server which is a d/m/1 queuing system is gradually deteriorates through time periods. a maintenance policy is taken into account whereby the server is restored to its initial c...

The Alarm Processing System reference model for large-scale railway maintenance equipment diesel engine combustion control, which is based on multi-agent, is an important system for high speed and automation. Alarm Processing System are vital aspects in M large-scale railway maintenance equipment diesel engine combustion control, in this sense, alarm processing system should support decision-ma...