Planning for Dynamic Configuration of Component-based Architectures

The Scenario-based Engineering Process (SEP)is a novel approachto developingcomplexsystems.SEPbuilds newapplication systemsthrougha selectionprocessthat groupsprimitive componentsinto applicationspecific components.Theselection of primitive componentsand the construction of interfaces amongcomponentsin an application systemis currently a tediousmanualundertaking.Theautomationof this processwill require a configurationsystemthat can support the complex interactions of the components,the dynamicrequirementsof users, andthe capabilities of providingmultipleviewpointsand managingextensivedomains.Thispaper will discuss our work on a configuration systembaseduponUM-PRS,the University of MichiganProceduralReasoningSystem.Tosupport the SEP methodology,weare developinga system,SEFRS,that will use planningtechniquesfor componentselection, integrated with semanticunderstandingtechniquesfor dynamicinterface construction, to create a flexible andpowerfulsystemengineering environment.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1994
• Where: AIPS
• Authors: Gail Haddock
• Keywords: AIPS 1994, Artificial Intelligence, Scenario-based Engineering Process, SEP Methodology, Weare Developinga