Accession Number:

ADA326585

Title:

The Design and Implementation of Poligon, a High-Performance, Concurrent Blackboard System Shell,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

STANFORD UNIV CA DEPT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

Personal Author(s):

• Rice, James

Report Date:

1989-11-01

Pagination or Media Count:

87.0

Abstract:

This paper discusses in detail the design and implementation of Poligon, a concurrent blackboard system, documenting our progress and the problem areas we identified in the process of developing it. It also considers the factors that aid and those that limit the performance of blackboard systems in general and of concurrent blackboard systems in particular, relating these factors to the implementation of Poligon.

Descriptors:

• *KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS
• SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
• PERFORMANCE(ENGINEERING)
• SHELLS(STRUCTURAL FORMS)

Subject Categories:

• Computer Programming and Software

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE