FEATURES OF THE AGENT-MODULAR APPROACH APPLICATION IN THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF INFORMATION-COMPUTATIONAL SYSTEMS

Abstract

Information-computational systems play a key role in processing and analyzing large amounts of data, ensuring the efficient functioning of production, provision, as well as receipt of various digital goods and services. In the conditions of intellectualization and increasing diversity of functional requirements imposed on information systems, there is a need to develop new approaches for their construction and implementation. The paper considers the main features of the proposed agent-modular approach, which involves the construction of flexible and scalable information-computational systems capable of functioning in a distributed environment. The agent-modular approach is a methodological approach to the organization of information-computational systems based on the integration of system analysis methods, as well as agent and modular principle's of building various systems. The aim of the paper is to investigate theoretical and practical aspects of the application of the proposed agent-modular approach in building an information system, to analyze its advantages over other common approaches (object, component, service), and to present examples of its successful use. To achieve the set goal, it is necessary to solve the following tasks: – to research the theoretical foundations and identify the specific features of practical application of the proposed agent-modular approach; – to analyze the differences and describe the advantages of the proposed approach in its comparison with other approaches; – to present an example of building an information-computational system using the proposed approach. The following general scientific methods were used in the research process: decomposition, analysis, synthesis, comparison, description, formalization, structurization, modeling, design, as well as the basic principles of system, modular and agent-based approaches. Computers, and computing software tools were used as research materials. As a result of the study, the main theoretical and practical aspects of the proposed approach were considered. The agent-modular approach can be used to build various information systems at the stages related to their modeling and design. The proposed approach allows describing the structure, functioning, and interaction of various components of information-computational systems.