Programming with event loops and control loops – From actors to agents

Event loops are a main control architecture to implement actors. In this paper we first analyse the impact that this choice has on the design of actor-based concurrent programs. Then, we discuss control loops as the main architecture adopted to implement agents, and we frame them as an extension of...

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Published in:Computer languages, systems & structures Vol. 45; pp. 80 - 104
Main Author: Ricci, Alessandro
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2016
Subjects:
Actors
Agent-oriented programming
Agents
Architecture
Concurrent programming
Control loops
Design analysis
Design engineering
Event loops
Frames
Impact analysis
Languages
Modular
Programming
Agents
Event loops
Actors
Agent-oriented programming
Concurrent programming
Control loops
ISSN:1477-8424, 1873-6866
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Summary:Event loops are a main control architecture to implement actors. In this paper we first analyse the impact that this choice has on the design of actor-based concurrent programs. Then, we discuss control loops as the main architecture adopted to implement agents, and we frame them as an extension of event loops effective to improve the programming of autonomous components that need to integrate both reactive and proactive behaviors, in a modular way. •The event loop architecture has a strong impact on actor programming.•Main weaknesses concern asynchronous spaghetti and fragmentation.•Control loops adopted in agent programming can be framed as an extension.•It leads to a more procedural structure of programs yet preserving reactivity.•It allows us to improve modularity, encapsulation and abstraction.
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ISSN:1477-8424
1873-6866
DOI:10.1016/j.cl.2015.12.003