Using Little-JIL to coordinate agents in software engineering

Proceedings ASE 2000. Fifteenth IEEE International Conference on Automated Software Engineering Pub Date : 2000-09-11 DOI:10.1109/ASE.2000.873660

A. Wise, A. Cass, Barbara Lerner, E. K. McCall, L. Osterweil, S. Sutton

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Little-JIL, a new language for programming the coordination of agents, is an executable, high-level process programming language with a formal (yet graphical) syntax and rigorously defined operational semantics. Little-JIL is based on two main hypotheses. The first is that the specification of coordination control structures is separable from other process programming language issues. Little-JIL provides a rich set of control structures while relying on separate systems for support in areas such as resource, artifact and agenda management. The second hypothesis is that processes can be executed by agents who know how to perform their tasks but can benefit from coordination support. Accordingly, each step in Little-JIl is assigned to an execution agent (human or automated). These agents are responsible for initiating steps and performing the work associated with them. This approach has so far proven effective in allowing us to clearly and concisely express the agent coordination aspects of a wide variety of software, workflow and other processes.

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用Little-JIL协调软件工程中的代理

Little-JIL是一种用于对代理进行协调编程的新语言，它是一种可执行的高级流程编程语言，具有形式化(但图形化)语法和严格定义的操作语义。Little-JIL基于两个主要假设。首先，协调控制结构的规范与其他过程编程语言问题是可分离的。Little-JIL提供了一套丰富的控制结构，同时依靠独立的系统在资源、工件和议程管理等领域提供支持。第二个假设是，流程可以由知道如何执行任务的代理执行，并且可以从协调支持中获益。相应地，Little-JIl中的每个步骤都分配给执行代理(人工或自动)。这些代理负责启动步骤并执行与之相关的工作。到目前为止，这种方法已经被证明是有效的，它允许我们清晰而简洁地表达各种软件、工作流和其他过程的代理协调方面。

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