A hybrid agent oriented modeling method of autonomous distributed satellite systems (DSS)

A hybrid modeling method is put forward to meet the demands of Agent-oriented modeling of autonomous DSS. Current Agent methodologies are evaluated, and we hold that none of the methods can solely accomplish Agent-oriented modeling of autonomous DSS based on the system characteristics analysis. The hybrid modeling method views the DSS as an organization, and organization-based method is used to describe goals, tasks, roles and their interactions; knowledge based Agents or components are described by knowledge engineering method; standards and notations in object-oriented method are adopted as modeling tools. Frameworks and the whole process of the hybrid method are investigated together with our current works. Future works are introduced in the end.