文档介绍：ponent- and Multi Agent-based
Visualization System Architecture
Hans Hagen1, Henning Barthel1, Achim Ebert1, Andreas Divivier1, and Michael Bender2
1 Intelligent Visualization and Simulation Systems, DFKI GmbH, Germany
2 University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
The system architecture follows proved principles
Keywords of modern software development resulting in
Visualization system, multi agent technology, small, platform independent software
component ponents. Therefore it is applicable even for
less powerful machines, for example mobile
puters.
Today, most visualization systems available on the
2 General system architecture
market lack of flexibility regarding their
visualization process with respect to either their Since a huge monolithic visualization system
interaction possibilities or their rendering quality. does not sufficiently support the adjustment or
In order to satisfy individual user demands and to replacement of the implementation of a single
adapt to changing system loads and different functionality, the proposed design consists of
hardware configurations, multi agent technology several modules grouped into three layers
bined with ponent-based according to their functionality (see figure 1).
implementation of a visualization system. Each module is controlled by a small number of
parameters enablin