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From: Stuart T. <dis...@us...> - 2004-12-11 16:52:59
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<tr class="head"><td colspan="4">Commit in <b><tt>flokk/doc</tt></b><span id="info"> on MAIN</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><tt>latex/<a href="#file1">background.tex</a></tt></td><td align="right" id="added">+21</td><td align="right" id="removed">-15</td><td nowrap="nowrap" align="center"><a href="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/flokk/flokk/doc/latex/background.tex?rev=1.15&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup">1.15</a> <a href="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/flokk/flokk/doc/latex/background.tex.diff?r1=1.15&r2=1.16">-></a> <a href="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/flokk/flokk/doc/latex/background.tex?rev=1.16&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup">1.16</a></td></tr>
<tr class="alt"><td><tt> /<a href="#file2">design.tex</a></tt></td><td align="right" id="added">+1</td><td align="right" id="removed">-1</td><td nowrap="nowrap" align="center"><a href="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/flokk/flokk/doc/latex/design.tex?rev=1.6&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup">1.6</a> <a href="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/flokk/flokk/doc/latex/design.tex.diff?r1=1.6&r2=1.7">-></a> <a href="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/flokk/flokk/doc/latex/design.tex?rev=1.7&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup">1.7</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><tt>pdf/flokk-docs.pdf</tt></td><td colspan="2" align="center"><small id="info">[binary]</small></td><td nowrap="nowrap" align="center"><a href="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/flokk/flokk/doc/pdf/flokk-docs.pdf?rev=1.4&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup">1.4</a> <a href="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/flokk/flokk/doc/pdf/flokk-docs.pdf.diff?r1=1.4&r2=1.5">-></a> <a href="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/flokk/flokk/doc/pdf/flokk-docs.pdf?rev=1.5&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup">1.5</a></td></tr>
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gave intro theme (hopefully)
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<span class="pathname"><a href="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/flokk/flokk">flokk</a>/<a href="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/flokk/flokk/doc">doc</a>/<a href="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/flokk/flokk/doc/latex">latex</a><br /></span>
<div class="fileheader"><big><b>background.tex</b></big> <small id="info"><a href="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/flokk/flokk/doc/latex/background.tex?rev=1.15&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup">1.15</a> <a href="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/flokk/flokk/doc/latex/background.tex.diff?r1=1.15&r2=1.16">-></a> <a href="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/flokk/flokk/doc/latex/background.tex?rev=1.16&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup">1.16</a></small></div>
<pre class="diff"><small id="info">diff -u -r1.15 -r1.16
--- background.tex 11 Dec 2004 06:48:53 -0000 1.15
+++ background.tex 11 Dec 2004 16:52:51 -0000 1.16
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</small></pre><pre class="diff" id="context"> \label{ch:bg}
\section{Problem Statement}\label{sec:ps}
Many real-time applications such as games, simulations, and
</pre><pre class="diff" id="removed">-visualizations involve large groups of agents. Large groups
-often need to perform actions in real-time with very good
-performance. Developers of these applications also want all of the
-agents to act autonomously. Agents need to interact with their
-environment and act according to their percepts. Groups of agents
-often need to communicate between themselves. The collective group of
-agents usually require some level of management at the group level as
-well. Agent groups will need to communicate goals and provide each of
-their agents and other groups of agents with information needed to
-obtain collective goals.
</pre><pre class="diff" id="added">+visualizations involve large groups of autonomous agents. Large groups
+often need to perform unscripted actions in real-time with very good
+performance. Agents in large groups need to interact with their
+environment and their fellow agents. Agent groups need a network to
+communicate goals and provide each of their agents with information
+needed to obtain collective goals. All of this agent behavior should
+be done by the agents autonomously, so that the developers can
+introduce a group of agents into an environment to simulate realistic
+behavior.
</pre><pre class="diff" id="context">
Games, simulations and visualizations that require such collections of
agents are typically programmed in C++. To our knowledge, no such
tools are available that provide an organizational scheme to fulfill
</pre><pre class="diff" id="removed">-the needs of these real-time applications.
</pre><pre class="diff" id="added">+the needs of these real-time applications.<span id="addedchars"> Some tools do exist</span>
+to deal with specific requirements of autonomous agents, but none
+exist that provide an interface for dealing with many possible
+requirements.
</pre><pre class="diff" id="context">
Some developers have ventured to make applications that do simulations
of artificial life. These, however, are specifically geared toward
</pre><pre class="diff" id="removed">-biological simulations. Biological simulation applications are just a subset of
-the type of real-time applications that would benefit from a system of
-multi-agent management.
</pre><pre class="diff" id="added">+biological simulations. Biological simulation applications are just a
+subset of the type of real-time applications that would benefit from a
+system of multi-agent management.
</pre><pre class="diff" id="context">
Other types of simulations are limited to only dealing with motion
among the multi-agent groups. These systems do not offer
</pre><pre class="diff"><small id="info">@@ -38,7 +40,11 @@
</small></pre><pre class="diff" id="context"> network.
The \acl{FLOKK} library is a solution to the need for a management
</pre><pre class="diff" id="removed">-system for autonomous agents in real-time applications.
</pre><pre class="diff" id="added">+system for autonomous agents in real-time applications.<span id="addedchars"> Before</span>
+explaining how it works, the artificial intelligence concepts behind
+the system need to be addressed. Chapter~\ref{ch:dsn} explains the
+design of the \ac{FLOKK} library. For more detail on the use of
+\ac{FLOKK}, consult the FLOKK API Reference Manual.
</pre><pre class="diff" id="context">
\section{Artificial Intelligence Concepts}\label{sec:aic}
\acrodef{CPA}{Continuous planning agent}
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<div class="fileheader"><big><b>design.tex</b></big> <small id="info"><a href="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/flokk/flokk/doc/latex/design.tex?rev=1.6&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup">1.6</a> <a href="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/flokk/flokk/doc/latex/design.tex.diff?r1=1.6&r2=1.7">-></a> <a href="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/flokk/flokk/doc/latex/design.tex?rev=1.7&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup">1.7</a></small></div>
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--- design.tex 11 Dec 2004 06:48:53 -0000 1.6
+++ design.tex 11 Dec 2004 16:52:51 -0000 1.7
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</small></pre><pre class="diff" id="context"> resets the problem back to being unsolved.
In a hierarchical system, it is beneficial for a problem to be split
</pre><pre class="diff" id="removed">-into subproblems. A problem splits into subproblems by the parent
</pre><pre class="diff" id="added">+into sub-problems. A problem splits into sub-problems by the parent
</pre><pre class="diff" id="context"> splitting the problem. For example, if the parent's problem is to get
the flokk into a formation, the parent then generates a problem for
each of its members. Each of those problems tells the agent exactly
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