2004 Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
University of Kansas, School of Engineering
May 26, 2004-August 4, 2004
Research: UML Class Diagrams of PRISM Multi-Agent Subsystem
Using XML and
FIPA
Abstract: Hurricans, tornados, thunderstorms,
and other natural disasters can have many devasting outcomes. Global
warming, the prime investigated natural disaster of the PRISM (Polar
Radar for Ice Sheet Measurements) project, has has a tremendous effect
on the sea level rise. Scientists and researchers have theorized that
the excess wataer is being allocated from the polar ice sheets of Greenland
and Antartica due to the long-term results of global warming; however
there are few resources to confirm the gain or loss ice.
Scientists and reaseachers of the PRISM project have applied their expertise
on teams based on the areas of robotics, communications, intelligent
systems, and radar. These areas were essential in measuring the ice
thickness an determining the bedrock below the ice sheets in Greenland
and Antarctia. In this reseach, the investigator worked with the Intelligent
Systems team by learning the messaging patterns between the data producing
agents and the requesting agents. The investigator also created UML
class diagrams of a messaging subsystem to represent the collaboration
and communication between these two types of agents using XML with FIPA
standard code. The class diagram assisted scientists and reseachers
in planning new features for the multi-agent system.