SUMPY: A Fuzzy Software Agent
Abstract
SUMPY is a software agent "living" in and
helping to maintain a UNIX file system for better disk space utilization by
compressing and backing up. Built using subsumption architecture, SUMPY displays
a "plug and play" property. A new UNIX maintenance task can be added to SUMPY's
repertoire without modification of existing layers. One of SUMPY's layers sports
a fuzzy control mechanism enabling it to achieve its goals in a real-world
manner. Another restricts SUMPY's activity to times of slow CPU use. An
experiment in agent architecture and in the use of agents for such maintenance
tasks, SUMPY promises to prove useful, and has added no significant problems to
the test systems.
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Author: Stan Franklin
(to emai clidk herel)
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Updated: Friday, February 23, 1996