Tech Review Notes: Friday, November 11, 2011

Shape Collection Files (Falconview)

• http://www.falconview.org:8080/svn/FalconView/trunk/public/Applications/FalconView/overlay/FctryList.cpp

C# and FalconView

• http://www.falconview.org/trac/FalconView/wiki/MapRenderingEngine
• http://www.falconview.org/trac/FalconView/wiki/RenderEngineCodeSample

AMRDEC (Aviation & Missile Research, Development & Engineering Center)

• http://www.redstone.army.mil/amrdec/Business/index.html

ViewSonic

• http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=782735&sku=V18-0028
• $150
• Andriod 2.2
• 7"
• can be rooted
• http://bestcomputertablet.com/viewbook-vb730-7inch-tablet-android-2-2.html
• http://www.androidtablets.net/forum/viewsonic-tablets/25166-viewsonic-viewbook-730-a-2.html

Repast Simphony Graphics Tutorial

• Documentation
• http://repast.sourceforge.net/docs/docs_main.html
• Selfstudy
• http://www2.econ.iastate.edu/tesfatsi/repastsg.htm
• RepastJ
• Repast Simphony "no-GUI" Tutorial
• http://portal.ncess.ac.uk/access/content/group/mass/SimphonyTutorialImages/repastTutorial.pdf
• EMCAS Agent-Based Architectures
• http://www.mcs.anl.gov/~leyffer/listn/slides-06/MacalNorth.pdf
• Repast Simphony Continuous Space
• http://repast.sourceforge.net/docs/reference/SIM/Continuous%20Space%20Projection.html
• Class DisplayOGL2d
• http://repast.sourceforge.net/docs/api/repastjava/repast/simphony/visualizationOGL2D/DisplayOGL2D.html
• Interface ProjectionListener (Repast Simphony 2d projection)
• http://repast.sourceforge.net/docs/api/repastjava/repast/simphony/space/projection/class-use/ProjectionListener.html
• http://repast.sourceforge.net/docs/api/repastjava/repast/simphony/space/projection/class-use/ProjectionListener.html#repast.simphony.visualization.visualization2D
• Repast MouseTrap (Example of 2D Custom Display Code)
• http://repast.sourceforge.net/docs/TrapInitializer.java
• http://repast.sourceforge.net/docs/api/repastjava/repast/simphony/demo/mousetrap/TrapInitializer.html
• http://repast.sourceforge.net/docs/CustomDisplay.java
• Repast Simphony FAQ
• http://repast.sourceforge.net/docs/RepastSimphonyFAQ.pdf

Java Encryption Wizard

Not a self contain application.  I takes the file you drop into it and encrypts them.  You have to have the app and the encrypted file together.  Will not work with a 'headless' Java JRE.

Part of Software Protection Initiative

• http://www.spi.dod.mil/index.htm

Download and Instructions

• http://www.spi.dod.mil/ewizard_down.htm

Which Version of Ubuntu am I running?  Which Version of Linux am I Running?

For Ubuntu:

• $ cat /etc/issue
• http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/how-to-tell-what-version-of-ubuntu-you-are-running/

Installing OpenSSH Server

• https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/serverguide/C/openssh-server.html
• sudo apt-get install openssh-server

What is BDI? (Belief-Desire-Intention)

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belief-Desire-Intention_software_model
• lack specific mechanisms for to learn from past behavior
• http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-204/D02.pdf
• PRACTIONIST
• uses JADE and Prolog

AI Review: Monday, October 10, 2011

Repast Simphony

http://repast.sourceforge.net/

• A family of advanced, free, and open source agent-based modeling and simulation platforms 
• Repast Simphony 2.0 Beta
• released 12/3/2010
• Repast Simphony models
• ReLogo
• dialect of Logo
• Flowcharts
• Groovy
• Java
• NetLogo can be imported

http://repast.sourceforge.net/docs.html

• documentation

Tech Review: Sunday, October 9, 2011

WinMerge

http://winmerge.org/

• WinMerge 3
• Qt library
• window 
• linux
• Opensource

Repast Simphany Display

http://repast.sourceforge.net/docs/tutorial/SIM/2-04%20Custom%20Display%20Properties.html

• I think the above link might be old
• I really need to know a lot more about display in Repast-S

Repast Simphony Projections

• Interface Projection
• http://repast.sourceforge.net/docs/api/repastjava/repast/simphony/space/projection/Projection.html
• interface ContinuousSpace
• AbstractContinuousSpace
• ContextPhysics
• ContextSpace
• DefaultContinuousSpace 
• DefaultPhysicsSpace
• Projected3DSpace
• interface Geography
• ContextGeography
• DefaultGeography
• interface Grid
• AbstractGrid, 
• ContextFastSingleGrid, 
• ContextGrid, 
• DefaultGrid, 
• FastDenseSingleOccuGrid, 
• Projected3DGrid
• interface NetWork
• ContextJungNetwork, 
• DirectedJungNetwork, 
• JungNetwork, 
• UndirectedJungNetwork
• interface PysicsSpace
• ContextPhysics
• DefaultPhysicsSpace
• Implementing Classes
• Abstract
1. AbstractContinuousSpace, 
2. AbstractGrid, 
• Concrete 
1. ContextFastSingleGrid, 
2. ContextGeography, 
3. ContextGrid, 
4. ContextJungNetwork, 
5. ContextPhysics, 
6. ContextSpace, 
7. DefaultContinuousSpace, 
8. DefaultGeography, 
9. DefaultGrid, 
10. DefaultPhysicsSpace, 
11. DefaultProjection, 
12. DirectedJungNetwork, 
13. FastDenseSingleOccuGrid, 
14. JungNetwork, 
15. Projected3DGrid, 
16. Projected3DSpace, 
17. UndirectedJungNetwork

Intelligent Agents using Java

I have been review the above book for Bill.

The book was written in 1998 by Joseph and Jennifer Bigus.

• Very dated
• Description of AI seems dated
• Newer product that us Java for Agents are not discussed
• JADE:  http://jade.tilab.com/
• Open Source for developing Agents
• FIPA compliant:  http://www.fipa.org/
• book  
• http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470057475.html
• latest version JADE 4.1 on 13/07/2011
• Repast:  http://repast.sourceforge.net/index.html
• Agent simulation
• It has been implied that since it is only simulation is doesn't need to be FIPA compliant
• http://sharon.cselt.it/pipermail/jade-develop/2007q4/011695.html
• Newer version of book
• 2001
• http://www.amazon.com/Constructing-Intelligent-Agents-Using-Java/dp/047139601X
• discusses FIPA
• discusses JADE
• can buy for $5 plus $4 shipping ($9)

Just to store some of the things about IA I found doing a brief search:

• http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/web/library/wa-intelligentage/
• Talks about different kinds of agents
• JACK:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JACK_Intelligent_Agents
• Framework in Java for IAs
• Commercial Product, can download and use for 60 days
• JPL (JACK Plan Language)
• can have a small footprint?
• JADE
• http://blog.strobotics.com.au/2006/06/16/java-intelligent-agents/
• User's experience with JADE
• small memory footprint 
• General page on IA
• http://ai.ijs.si/mezi/agentsrepository/index.html
• Dated books
• JADE
• Aglets
• ABLE:  http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/able
• 
  

The newer version of the book still look like a de facto standard.

Is this book on Jade more applicable?

IBM's Watson to Play on Jeopardy

http://gcn.com/Articles/2011/02/10/Watson-vs-human-brain-tale-of-the-tape.aspx?s=gcndaily_110211&Page=1

This is interesting because the computer will be listening and following the conversation to participate.  With the supporting computer is 10 racks  of IBM 750 servers supporting 2,880 processors and 15 terabytes of RAM, I think we can safely say, it may be a little while before you can do this at home.  However, they are using Linux for the OS.

Some interesting comparisons between the computers and the humans:

Computer                     Humans

80 teraflops                  100 petaflops
15 terabytes                  6.4 terabytes

Below is the link to IBM's page on Watson:

http://www-03.ibm.com/innovation/us/watson/what-is-watson/index.html