Brahms Tutorial

Alessandro Acquisti

Sujets

• Modelica
• Tutoriel
• Ames Research Center
• Agent contractuel
• WWE NXT
• Simulation informatique

Informations

• Publié par: Omme
• Nombre de lectures: 156
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

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Brahms Tutorial TM01-0002 Version 1.2 30 March 2011 Printed on: This is an uncontrolled copy when printed. 3/31/11 3:08 PM NOTICE: Not for use or disclosure outside of NASA Ames Research Center except under written agreement. © 2001-2011 NASA Ames Research Center. All Rights Reserved.  Technical Memorandum TM01-0002 BRAHMS TUTORIAL VERSION 1.2 CONTACT Brahms Contact William Clancey – Project Lead [phone] ABSTRACT This document is a guide to programming in Brahms, an agent-oriented modeling language. DATE: 30 March 20 KEYWORDS: Brahms, Tutorial This document has not been reviewed by the Intellectual Property Organization. Printed on: This is an uncontrolled copy when printed. 3/31/11 3:08 PM Refer to the NX Brahms location for the latest version. NOTICE: Not for use or disclosure outside of NASA Ames Research Center except under written agreement. © 2001-2011 NASA Ames Research Center. All Rights Reserved. Brahms Tutorial Version 1.2 Page iii TM01-0002 3/31/2011 Prologue CONTRIBUTORS Alessandro Acquisti William J. Clancey Ron van Hoof Mike Scott Maarten Sierhuis Printed on: This is an uncontrolled copy when printed. 3/31/11 3:08 PM Refer to the NX Brahms location for the latest version. NOTICE: Not for use or disclosure outside of NASA Ames Research Center except under written agreement. © 2001-2011 NASA Ames Research Center. All Rights Reserved. Brahms Tutorial Version 1.2 Page iv TM01-0002 3/31/2011 Prologue APPROVED William Clancey Date Project Lead Printed on: This is an uncontrolled copy when printed. 3/31/11 3:08 PM Refer to the NX Brahms location for the latest version. NOTICE: Not for use or disclosure outside of NASA Ames Research Center except under written agreement. © 2001-2011 NASA Ames Research Center. All Rights Reserved. Brahms Tutorial Version 1.2 Page v TM01-0002 3/31/2011 Prologue Revision History Version Contact Action Version 0.1 Draft Alessandro Acquisti New Initial draft. 02/01/2001 510/823-5008 Version 0.2 Draft Alessandro Acquisti Add Added sections Q&A and proposed schedule of Tutorial. 02/21/2001 510/823-5008 Version 0.4 Draft Alessandro Acquisti Add, Extensive revision of structure and content. Added 03/15/2001 Change material from: 1) Maarten Sierhuis‘s PhD thesis; 2) 510/823-5008 Brahms Language Specification TM99-0008; 3) Brahms Installation readme.txt file; 4) Brahms 2001 TM01-0001 Project Plan. Added initial code. Version 0.5 Draft Alessandro Acquisti Change Extensive revision of structure and content. Revised 03/29/2001 chapter 4, sections 1-4 510/823-5008 Version 0.6 Draft Alessandro Acquisti Change Extensive revision of structure and content. Revised 04/01/2001 chapter 4, sections 5 et seq. 510/823-5008 Version 0.7 Draft Alessandro Acquisti Add, Added tutorial code and discussion to chapter 4. 04/10/2001 Change 510/823-5008 Version 0.8 Draft Alessandro Acquisti Add, Added links to Tutorial Files. 04/15/2001 Change 510/823-5008 Cleaned up various sections after Ron‘s comments Version 0.9 Draft Alessandro Acquisti Add, Added Bill, Maarten, Ron, and Charis‘ comments. 04/17/2001 Change General revision and updates. 510/823-5008 Version 0.9.4 Request Alessandro Acquisti Add, Added hyperlinks, index. Changed color and format for for Comments Change code sections, figures, tables. Edited ‗Validation‘ 510/823-5008 05/12/2001 chapter. Added new links to code. Version 0.9.5 Request Alessandro Acquisti Change General clean-up. Modified sections to reflect transition for Comments from SimAgent 1.0 to Agent Environment. 510/823-5008 05/26/2001 Version 0.9.6 Request Alessandro Acquisti Change Added new screenshot figures and corrected some for Comments areas. 510/823-5008 06/12/2001 Actions Taken are: New = new document, Add/Delete/Change = a section or topic has been added, or deleted, or changed. Printed on: This is an uncontrolled copy when printed. 3/31/11 3:08 PM Refer to the NX Brahms location for the latest version. NOTICE: Not for use or disclosure outside of NASA Ames Research Center except under written agreement. © 2001-2011 NASA Ames Research Center. All Rights Reserved. Brahms Tutorial Version 1.2 Page vi TM01-0002 3/31/2011 Prologue Version Contact Action Version 0.9.7 Request Alessandro Acquisti Add Added Ron‘s answers to language questions from for Comments Brahms Forums. 510/823-5008 06/25/2001 Version 0.9.8 Request Alessandro Acquisti Add, Added reference section. Changed Agent Viewer for Comments Change description. Changed other parts in response to 510/823-5008 06/30/2001 comments and suggestions from test-users. Version 0.9.9 Request Maarten Sierhuis Add, Made changes and added details in several sections. for Comments Change 510/604-4917 07/11/2001 Version 0.9.9.4 Request Alessandro Acquisti Add, Added new material originated from feedback of new for Comments Change Brahms users. Extensively revised previous material. 510/823-5008 07/11/2001 Adapted code. Altered the structure and order of Chapters 2 and 3. Version 0.9.9.5 Request Alessandro Acquisti Add, Corrected typos in various sections and inserted for Comments Change Composer description. 510/823-5008 01/01/2003 Version 1.0 Alessandro Acquisti Add, General clean up and revision. Change 07/01/2003 510/823-5008 Version 1.1 Bin Zhang, Add, Updated to conform to new Brahms Composer. New 10/24/2005 Change language specifications *not* yet added. Alessandro Acquisti Version 1.2 Ron van Hoof Change Updated to conform to new Brahms Agent Environment. 3/30/2011 New language specifications *not* yet added. Actions Taken are: New = new document, Add/Delete/Change = a section or topic has been added, or deleted, or changed. Printed on: This is an uncontrolled copy when printed. 3/31/11 3:08 PM Refer to the NX Brahms location for the latest version. NOTICE: Not for use or disclosure outside of NASA Ames Research Center except under written agreement. © 2001-2011 NASA Ames Research Center. All Rights Reserved. Brahms Tutorial Version 1.2 Page vii TM01-0002 3/31/2011 Prologue TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................ 1-1 1.1 PURPOSE ...... 1-1 1.2 INTENDED AUDIENCE ...................... 1-2 1.3 DOCUMENT SUMMARY .................................................................................................................... 1-2 1.4 DOCUMENT CONVENTIONS ............. 1-2 1.5 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................... 1-2 1.6 CONTACTS AND HELP..................... 1-3 2. OVERVIEW OF BRAHMS AND THE ATM SCENARIO .................................................................... 2-4 2.1 WHAT IS BRAHMS? AN INTRODUCTION TO ITS THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS AND CONCEPTS ............. 2-4 2.2 ANATOMY OF A BRAHMS MODEL: THE ATM SCENARIO ..... 2-6 2.3 OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING AND BRAHMS ............................................................................ 2-9 2.3.1 The Atm case in object-oriented programming .... 2-9 2.3.2 The Atm case in Brahms .................................... 2-10 3. INSTALLATION AND COMPONENTS ............................................................ 3-13 3.1 BRAHMS OVERVIEW ..................................................................................... 3-13 3.2 INSTALLATION .............................. 3-13 3.2.1 Installing Brahms Agent Environment ................................................ 3-13 3.2.2 Installing MySQL ................. 3-14 3.2.3 Installing the License File ................................................................... 3-14 3.2.4 Choosing the Brahms Model Directory ............... 3-15 3.2.5 The Atm Files ..................................................................................................................... 3-15 3.2.6 To Summarize: What you Will Need .................. 3-16 3.3 DESCRIPTION OF COMPONENTS ................................................................................................... 3-16 3.3.1 Introduction: The Life of a Brahms Simulation ... 3-16 3.3.2 The Brahms Composer: Opening, Creating, and Building a Model ... 3-17 3.3.3 The Brahmsposer and the Virtual Machine: running a Model .... 3-24 3.3.4 Brahms Agent Viewer ......................................................................................................... 3-26 3.4 SUMMARY OF STEPS .................... 3-30 3.5 A NOTE ON DEBUGGING… ........... 3-31 3.6 KNOWN BUGS IN BRAHMS AGENT ENVIRONMENT .......... 3-31 3.7 CONTACTING THE BRAHMS PROJECT TEAM FOR TECHNICAL SUPPORT........................................... 3-31 3.8 OTHER IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS .................................................................. 3-32 3.9 LATEST CHANGES ........................................................ 3-32 3.10 DOCUMENT INDEX .................................................... 3-33 4. ATM SCENARIO .............................. 4-34 4.1 STRUCTURE OF THE SCENARIO ..................................................................................................... 4-35 4.2 EXPECTATIONS AND GOALS .......... 4-35 4.3 LESSON I: GETTING STARTED ....... 4-37 4.3.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 4-37 4.3.2 Task .................................... 4-37 4.3.3 Description: compilation unit ............................... 4-37 4.3.4 Tutorial 4-38 Printed on: This is an uncontrolled copy when printed. 3/31/11 3:08 PM Refer to the NX Brahms location for the latest version. NOTICE: Not for use or disclosure outside of NASA Ames Research Center except under written agreement. © 2001-2011 NASA Ames Research Center. All Rights Reserved. Brahms Tutorial Version 1.2 Page viii TM01-0002 3/31/2011 Prologue 4.3.5 Sy