Towards a deliberative agent system based on DEVS formalism for application in agriculture

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Akplogan, Mahuna | Quesnel, Gauthier | Garcia, Frederick | Joannon, Alexandre | Martin-Clouaire, Roger

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Analysing and designing whole-farm systems can greatly be enhanced by using simulation platforms that support representation of management decision-making processes. Asmanager of a purposive system, a farmer reasons his actions on the basis of a deliberated context-dependent course ofactions setup to integrate biological, managerial and technical constraints specific to the farm and its environment.This paper presents a system-based model of such deliberative decision-making behavior based on the DEVS (Discrete Event System Specification) formalism. The modelingof farmer’s decision-making is addressed using the Belief-Desire-Intention (BDI) agent paradigm that provides a theoreticalframework to articulate respectively the informational, motivational and intentional drivers underlying decisionmaking in an open (dynamic) environment. The functioningof such a management process is illustrated through the example of scheduling and coordinating the technical activities involved in a corn production system.

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