SPG (System-Process-Goal) Approach
A Patern for an Integrated Behavioral and Functional  Representation of Artificial Systems
TOGA's Abstract Intelligent Agent Perspective

Adam Maria Gadomski - ENEA, Italy 


Area of interests ..among others: Frameworks for the representation of the domains of activity of an abstract intelligent agent - intelligent agents ontologies, and...human-technology systems/interactions.
    An abstract intelligent agent can be seen as a cognitive model of humans in the roles of plant operator, plant designers and managers. It should be useful for the design artificial intelligent systems.

Summary of Research: 

    System-Process-Goal Approach (SPG) is a formal conceptualization framework (ontological frame) which integrates functional and behavioral points of view on goal-oriented artificial systems. SPG is considered as a conceptualization tool for system designers. Its main paradigms (Gadomski,1986) are the following:

    formal separation of the meaning of concepts function and process.

    definition of transitive, asymetric carrier relation between: system, process and function.

    formal decomposition of the abstract relation between a technological system and its design-goal.

SPG is a useful computational conceptualization for  complex plant design, identification and diagnostics. It is a conceptual element of the TOGA theory.
Some related Papers
    A.M. Gadomski. Application of System-Process-Goal Approach for description of TRIGA RC1
         System. Proceedings of " 9th. European TRIGA Users Conference ", Oct., 1986, Roma. Printed by GA
         Technologies, TOC-19, USA. 1987, also the ENEA Report RT TIB/88/2, 1988.
    A.M.Gadomski, V.Nanni, G.B. Meo. Dynamics Model for Real Time Diagnostics of TRIGA RC1
         System. ENEA Report RT/TIB/88/3, Casaccia, 1988, also in the Proceedings of "9th European TRIGA
         Users Conference", Oct.1986, Roma, Printed by GA Technologies,TOC-19, USA.1987.
    A.M. Gadomski. Designing of computerized aid for Plant Operators (CAO): Methodological
         Comments. ENEA Internal Report, RTI 42/TIB-RIA-TIN, Roma, 1987.
    T.Businaro, A.M.Gadomski, G.Meo,V.Nanni, G.Vialetto. Advanced Methods for the Presentation of
         Informatiom Supervision Systems of High-Risk Complex Plant. Proceedings of' the International
         Conference on Control of Industrial Processes, Milan Fair Ground, October 28/29, 1987.
     T.Businaro, A.M.Gadomski, G.Meo, V.Nanni, G.Vialetto, Metodi Avanzati di Presentazione delle
         Informazioni per Sistemi di Supervisione di Impianti Complessi ad Alto Rischio. Tecniche
         dell'Automazione & Robotica, N.10, and N.11, 1988.
    A.M.Gadomski. TOGA: A Methodological and Conceptual Pattern for modeling of Abstract
         Intelligent Agent. Proceedings of the "First International Round-Table on Abstract Intelligent Agent".
         A.M. Gadomski (editor), 25-27 Jan.1993, Rome, Published by ENEA, Feb.1994.

Research Results:
    - The project of a computer supervisory system for the TRIGA Nuclear Reactor (ENEA, Research Center Cassacia,1988).
    - Theoretical studies: Diagnostics of High-Risk Industrial Plants for  Intelligent Computer Decision Support Systems(IDSS).
Contact Information:
    gadomski_a@casaccia.enea.it
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