<s>
The	O
agent	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
reference	I-General_Concept
model	I-General_Concept
(	O
ASRM	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
layered	O
,	O
abstract	O
description	O
for	O
multiagent	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ASRM	O
differentiates	O
itself	O
from	O
technical	O
standards	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Knowledge	B-Language
Interchange	I-Language
Format	I-Language
,	O
Knowledge	B-Language
Query	I-Language
and	I-Language
Manipulation	I-Language
Language	I-Language
,	O
and	O
those	O
of	O
the	O
Foundation	O
for	O
Intelligent	O
Physical	O
Agents	O
in	O
that	O
it	O
defines	O
the	O
required	O
existence	O
of	O
components	O
of	O
a	O
multiagent	O
system	O
;	O
standards	O
prescribe	O
how	O
they	O
are	O
designed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Such	O
fielded	O
systems	O
include	O
JaDE	B-Language
,	O
Cougaar	B-Language
,	O
EMAA	O
,	O
NOMADS	B-Application
,	O
Retsina	O
,	O
A-Globe	O
,	O
among	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ASRM	O
:	O
the	O
Layered	O
ModelLayerExamplesAgent-basedSystemAgent	O
systemAgentSoar	O
,	O
KBs	O
,	O
neural	O
networkFrameworkJADE	O
,	O
Cougaar	B-Language
,	O
GNUBrain	O
,	O
EMAA	O
,	O
NOMADS	B-Application
,	O
Retsina	O
,	O
A-GlobeInfrastructurePlatformOS	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
)	O
Software	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
Compiler	B-Language
,	O
VMs	B-Architecture
)	O
Device	B-Application
drivers	I-Application
,	O
FirmwareHostComputing	O
node	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	B-Device
,	O
PDA	B-Application
,	O
mobile	O
phone	O
)	O
Devices	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
Contributors	O
to	O
the	O
document	O
have	O
included	O
Drexel	O
University	O
,	O
Cougaar	B-Language
Software	I-Language
,	O
(	O
see	O
also	O
:	O
CoABS	O
)	O
,	O
(	O
see	O
also	O
:	O
Soar	B-Architecture
)	O
,	O
Penn	O
State	O
University	O
,	O
University	O
of	O
Southern	O
California	O
,	O
University	O
of	O
South	O
Carolina	O
,	O
the	O
Florida	O
Institute	O
for	O
Human	O
and	O
Machine	O
Cognition	O
,	O
University	O
of	O
West	O
Florida	O
,	O
BBN	O
Technologies	O
,	O
Telcordia	O
,	O
Lockheed	O
Martin	O
,	O
General	O
Dynamics	O
and	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
