Object-Oriented Simulation with Hierarchical, Modular Models. Intelligent Agents and Endomorphic Systems

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Inside Front Cover, Page xi
PREFACE, Pages xiii-xvii
Chapter 1 - DIMENSIONS OF KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION IN SIMULATION ENVIRONMENTS, Pages 1-16
Chapter 2 - BASICS, Pages 17-39
Chapter 3 - DEVS FORMALISM AND DEVS-SCHEME, Pages 41-67
Chapter 4 - ATOMIC-MODELS: SIMPLE PROCESSOR EXAMPLE, Pages 69-88
Chapter 5 - DIGRAPH-MODELS AND EXPERIMENTAL FRAMES, Pages 89-116
Chapter 6 - A MODEL BASE FOR SIMPLE MULTI-COMPUTER ARCHITECTURES, Pages 117-143
Chapter 7 - SYSTEM ENTITY STRUCTURES, Pages 145-168
Chapter 8 - ADVANCED DEVS CONCEPTS AND KERNEL-MODELS, Pages 169-203
Chapter 9 - RULE-BASED SPECIFICATION OF ATOMIC-MODELS, Pages 205-232
Chapter 10 - A ROBOT-MANAGED LABORATORY OF THE FUTURE, Pages 233-248
Chapter 11 - ENDOMORPHY: MODELS WITHIN INTELLIGENT AGENTS, Pages 249-274
Chapter 12 - ENDOMORPHY: MODEL USAGE WITHIN INTELLIGENT AGENTS, Pages 275-297
Chapter 13 - MODEL BASE MANAGEMENT AND ENDOMORPHIC SYSTEMS, Pages 299-323
Chapter 14 - DEVS-SCHEME IN THE LARGER SCHEME OF THINGS, Pages 325-346
Chapter 15 - EPILOGUE: THE CHALLENGE OF HIGH AUTONOMY SYSTEMS, Pages 347-350
APPENDIX A - ADVANCED CONCEPTS AND FACILITIES, Pages 351-362
APPENDIX B - DEVS AND GSMP: SOME RELATIONS, Pages 363-368
Bibliography, Pages 369-386
Index, Pages 387-395