Documentation

In addition to the following organization of documentation, the documentation is available in a normal directory tree.

General

Developer Documentation

Administrative

Conference Papers

  • AAMAS03: Performance Measurement Tools
    [AAMAS03-perf-measurement.pdf]
    Tools and Techniques for Performance Measurement of Large Distributed Multiagent Systems, as published in AAMAS03 proceedings.
  • AAMAS04: Framework to Control Emergent Survivability of Multi Agent Systems
    [aamas04-presentation-slides-presented.pdf]
    Slide presentation of paper at AAMAS04 in NYC on preserving survivability in DMAS
  • A Cougaar-Based Logistics Modeling Tool for Highly Adaptable Military Organizations
    [OCC4519 - Cerys-Rozga-Berliner - FCS Supportability - final.pdf]
    Open Cougaar 04 paper by Cerys, Rozga, Berliner
  • Adaptive Environments: Essential for Scalable, Survivable, and Secure Multi-Agent Systems
    [LaSMAA07-Zinky.ppt]
  • Adaptive Optimization of Solution Time In A Distributed Multi-agent System
    [KimasFedyk.19.ahf.ppt]
    IEEE KIMAS’05 Conference Paper-Slide Presentation
  • Adaptive Optimization Of Solution Time In A Distributed Multi-agent System
    [978-Fedyk-final.pdf]
    IEEE KIMAS’05 Conference Paper (April 2005)
  • A Framework to Control Emergent Survivability of Multi Agent Systems
    [helsingera_survivability.pdf]
    Paper on Cougaar survivability to be presented at AAMAS04 at Columbia, NYC
  • An Infrastructure for Adaptive Control of Multi-Agent Systems
    [Kimas03KKleinmann.pdf]
    IEEE KIMAS’03 Conference Paper (October 2003)
  • An Infrastructure for Adaptive Control of Multi-Agent Systems
    [KimasKKleinmann.ppt]
    Slides presentation of IEEE KIMAS’03 Conference Presentation (October 2003)
  • A Reconfigurable Multiagent Society for Transportation
    [kimas_05_near_final_draft.pdf]
    Describes our work with the GLMTrans community in Ultralog
  • Case Studies of Node-level QoS Adaptation in Cougaar
    [2004OpenCougaar-QoS-zinky.pdf]
    Open Cougaar Conference 2004. New York. July 2004 Zinky, Shapiro, Siracuse, Ford, Wells
  • Complementary Methods for QoS Adaptation in Component-based Multi-Agent Systems
    [MASS2004-QoS-zinky.pdf]
    First IEEE Symposium on Multi-Agent Security (MASS 2004), Philadelphia Aug, 2004 Zinky, Shapiro, Siracuse
  • Coordination Artifacts in Multi-Agent Systems
    [Kimas05-Sarah-Final.ppt]
    IEEE Kimas’05 Presentation
  • Cougaar: A Robust Configurable Multi Agent Platform
    [BBN-Cougaar-aerospace-paper1412.pdf]
    IEEE Aerospace Conference 2005 paper
  • Cougaar: A Robust Configurable Multi Agent Platform
    [cougaar-space.ppt]
    Slide presentation of IEEE Aerospace Conference 2005 paper
  • Cougaar: A Scalable, Distributed Multi-Agent Architecture
    [cougaar-bbn-0617-submitted.pdf]
    Conference paper that gives a Cougaar overview. Presented at IEEE SMC04 at The Hague, Agent Architectures session
  • Cougaar: A Scalable Distributed Multiagent Architecture
    [cougaar-smc-present.pdf]
    Slide presentation of conference paper that gives a Cougaar overview. Presented at IEEE SMC04 at The Hague, Agent Architectures session
  • DISCEXII: Exploring Large Systems’ IA Behavior
    [DISCEXII-LDHS-IA-behavior.pdf]
    Exloring Large-Scale, Distributed System Behavior with a Focus on Information Assurance; published as part of DISCEXII in 2001
  • FrameSet Overview Slides
    [FrameSetOverview_Mar07.ppt]
    An overview of the Cougaar FrameSet infrastructure from 2007
  • Implementing QoS-Adaptation in Coordination Artifacts
    [MASS05-CA-zinky.pdf]
    IEEE MASS (Aug 2005) Zinky, Shapiro, Siracuse, Wright
  • Integrating a Distributed Agent-based Simulation into an HLA Federation
    [04S-SIW-018.pdf]
    SIW 2004 Paper by G. Kratkiewicz et al
  • Integrating a Distributed Agent-based Simulation into an HLA Federation
    [04S-SIW-018.ppt]
    Slide presentation of SIW 2004 Paper by G. Kratkiewicz et al
  • JavaTM Technology-based Internet Applications Using Software Agents and P2P
    [javaone02_2160.pdf]
    JavaOne 2002 session, overview of Cougaar, P2P, and JXTA
  • Experience with Task/Allocation Coordination Primitive for Building Survivable Multi-Agent Systems (paper)
    [KIMAS07-Siracuse.pdf]
    A key goal in building survivable agent frameworks is to create application-level coordination primitives that fit naturally within the application’s domain and are capable of being made robust and efficient by the agent framework. The Cougaar agent framework supports several types of application-level coordination primitives, including Task/Allocation. Under the DARPA-funded UltraLog project, BBN used the Cougaar agent framework to create survivable agent societies based on these primitives. The Cougaar logistics application that was produced used the Task/Allocation coordination primitive to decompose work among multiple agents. Other coordination primitives were used to monitor and control the agent infrastructure itself. When combined and run together, the UltraLog societies were able to recover from a substantial, 45% infrastructure loss and were still able to complete their jobs with minimal impact on performance.
  • Experience with Task/Allocation Coordination Primitive for Building Survivable Multi-Agent Systems (slides)
    [KIMAS07-Siracuse.ppt]
  • Managing Applications Comprised of Untrusted Components
    [javaone02_2883.ppt]
    JavaOne02, Thome: overview of the Cougaar Component Model
  • Multi-Resolutional Knowledge Representation Using Prototypes and Properties
    [Kimas03Berliner-1.pdf]
    Jeff Berliner et al paper at KIMAS03
  • Mult-Tier Communications Abstractions
    [Kimas03Thome-1.pdf]
    Michael Thome paper at KIMAS03
  • Mult-Tier Communications Abstractions
    [Kimas03Thome-1.ppt]
    Michael Thome slides at KIMAS03
  • Naming Services in Multi-Agent Systems
    [aamas04_wp_naming.pdf]
    AAMAS04 full paper on the Cougaar White Pages
  • Scalability Aspects of Agent-based Naming Services
    [scalability_paper_kimas_05.pdf]
    KIMAS05 performance analysis of the Cougaar naming service
  • Scalability Aspects of Agent-based Naming Services
    [Scalable_Naming_KIMAS_2005.ppt]
    Slide presentation of KIMAS05 performance analysis of the Cougaar naming service
  • Scalable MAS-Based Control Systems Using QoS-Adaptive Coordination Artifacts
    [Siracuse-LSMAS05-ScalableCA.pdf]
    LSMAS05 (AAMAS Workshop 2005) Siracuse, Zinky, Shapiro, Wright
  • Society Monitoring using FrameSets
    [SocietyMonitoringDemo_Mar07.ppt]
    Example use of FrameSets to monitor and display the agent layout and metrics
  • Using QoS-Adaptive Coordination Artifacts to Increase Scalability of Communication in Distributed Multi-Agent Systems
    [Scalable-CAs.pdf]
    KIMAS 2005 paper describing QoS-Adaptive Coordination Artifacts, implemented in Cougaar
  • Watching Your Own Back
    [kimas05Thome.pdf]
    KIMAS ’05 Conference Paper: Watching Your Own Back: Self-Managing Multi-Agent Systems

Articles

DARPA Ultralog Presentations (from WayBack archive Ultralog page)