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> Hi,
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> 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?
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Thanks for your help.
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> -- Russ Abbott
>
> P.S. If Drools would not be a good choice, is there some
> other system that you could recommend?
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