A method for integrating multiple components in a decision support system

Donald Nute; Walter D. Potter; Zhiyuan Cheng; Mayukh Dass; Astrid Glende; Frederick Maierv; Cy Routh; Hajime Uchiyama; Jin Wang; Sarah Witzig; Mark Twery; Peter Knopp; Scott Thomasma; H. Michael Rauscher

doi:10.1016/j.compag.2005.02.007

A method for integrating multiple components in a decision support system

Donald Nute, Walter D. Potter, Zhiyuan Cheng, Mayukh Dass, Astrid Glende, Frederick Maierv, Cy Routh, Hajime Uchiyama, Jin Wang, Sarah Witzig, Mark Twery, Peter Knopp, Scott Thomasma, H. Michael Rauscher

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Abstract

We present a flexible, extensible method for integrating multiple tools into a single large decision support system (DSS) using a forest ecosystem management DSS (NED-2) as an example. In our approach, a rich ontology for the target domain is developed and implemented in the internal data model for the DSS. Semi-autonomous agents control external components and communicate using a blackboard. We illustrate how this multi-agent approach with its blackboard architecture supports the expansion of a DSS (in this case, NED-2) to incorporate new models and decision support tools as they become available. The exemplar NED-2 DSS developed using this method is a goal-driven DSS that integrates a sophisticated inventory system, treatment plan development, growth-and-yield models, wildlife models, fire risk models, knowledge based systems for goal satisfaction analysis, and a powerful report generation system.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	44-59
Number of pages	16
Journal	Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
Volume	49
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2005.02.007
State	Published - Oct 2005

Keywords

Agents
Blackboard architecture
Decision support system
Ecosystem management
Fire risk analysis
Knowledge based system
Regeneration

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Nute, Donald ; Potter, Walter D. ; Cheng, Zhiyuan ; Dass, Mayukh ; Glende, Astrid ; Maierv, Frederick ; Routh, Cy ; Uchiyama, Hajime ; Wang, Jin ; Witzig, Sarah ; Twery, Mark ; Knopp, Peter ; Thomasma, Scott ; Rauscher, H. Michael. / A method for integrating multiple components in a decision support system. In: Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 2005 ; Vol. 49, No. 1. pp. 44-59.

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In: Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, Vol. 49, No. 1, 10.2005, p. 44-59.

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