How Automata works

Work In Progress! May not be up to date, changes as project evolves.

High Level Overview

Directory Structure

lib/automata/core/automaton

• this is where all the code composing an agent is located and where the BT lifecycle is managed

lib/automata/core/control

• all the supervision code where agent lifecycles are managed

The Automata supervision tree(s), click to enlarge

There are 4 Layers in the supervision tree below the Application supervisor.

The Blackboard

• Global Blackboard
  • all nodes share this knowledge store
  • the automata will act upon seeing certain data changes in the global blackboard
• Individual Node Blackboards
  • node blackboards use protected tables for knowledge sharing – all processes can read, one process has write access
  • the automaton will act upon seeing certain data changes in the global blackboard