Hi,
I'm interested in developing (if it doesn't already exist) and then
using a framework for agent-based modeling in which the agents are rule
driven. An important feature is that the agents and their rules must be
dyanically manipulable. That is, both the agents and the rules must be
first class objects that can be manipulated as the system is running.
Can Drools support that?
As someone not familiar with Drools I did my best to find out by
looking at the
Drools Expert User's Manual. From what I could
tell, the
Template feature in which one uses Java objects as
Template data sources comes close. I'd like your advice before putting
too much development effort into attempting to use it for that purpose.
In particular, would it be possible to set up a mechanism that could:
create and delete agents on the fly; associate rule sets with agents on
the fly; and modify the rules associated with an agent on the fly?
After each such action the system would change to reflect the change in
agents and rules.