Blackboard Approach in Problem Solving

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What is the main purpose of the blackboard approach?

To enable multiple agents with different expertise to collaborate on a problem (correct)
To facilitate the exchange of data between physically distributed environments
To allow a single agent to solve a complex problem
To provide a centralized control unit for task assignment

Which of the following is not an advantage of the blackboard approach?

Suitable for team problem-solving approaches
Suitable for physically distributed environments
Provides a simple and straightforward control mechanism (correct)
Suitable for scheduling and postponement of tasks and decisions

What is the main disadvantage of the mobile objects (agents) approach?

Lack of parallelism
Little automated support for inter-object cooperation (correct)
Programmatically specifying where to go and what to do, through a known interface
Lack of network bandwidth for certain classes of problems

Which of the following is not a suitable use case for the blackboard approach?

Solving problems that can be easily partitioned into subcomponents (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the main function of the control unit in the blackboard approach?

To select among the candidate agents and assign tasks (C) Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is not a drawback of the blackboard approach?

Lack of parallelism (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the main advantage of the Publish & Subscribe approach?

It provides dynamic and flexible composition of distributed components. (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the main drawback of the Publish & Subscribe approach?

It does not provide programmatic control for guiding operation, which may be needed in some cases. (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the OAA (Open Agent Architecture) approach based on?

A combination of Publish & Subscribe and Blackboard approaches. (D) Signup and view all the answers

How does the OAA approach differ from CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture)?

OAA uses a delegated computing model, where control is a cooperative process among different components. (D) Signup and view all the answers

What role do service providers play in the OAA approach?

They specify test-condition code and performance estimation values that impact how and under what circumstances they receive work. (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of meta-agents in the OAA approach?

They collaborate to provide the facilitator agent with domain-specific knowledge that guides how tasks are performed. (B) Signup and view all the answers