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This paper presents an application of Chemical Reaction Metaphor (CRM) in agent-based distributed learning systems. The suitability of using CRM to model multi-agent systems is justified by CRM’s capacity in catching dynamic features of multi-agent systems in an e-learning environment. A case study in course material updating demonstrates how the CRM based language, Gamma language, can be used to specify the architecture of the learning environment. Finally, a discussion on the implementation of Gamma language in a distributed system is given.
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Lin, H., Yang, C. (2004). Chemical Reaction Metaphor in Distributed Learning Environments. In: Orchard, B., Yang, C., Ali, M. (eds) Innovations in Applied Artificial Intelligence. IEA/AIE 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 3029. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-24677-0_88
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