Ruby Blackboard - Example 1.rb

# http://bit.ly/10e2Jy
# Advances in Agent communication (Proceedings, 2003)

# Datastructure per agent
@name = 'Pete'
@knowledge = {
  'a' => [['f', 'b'], ['c', 'd']],
  'd' => [['e', 'b'], ['c']],
  'p' => TRUE
}

@questions = {
  'a' => nil, # new question
  'd' => 3 # first unread answer
}

# first unread article;

@fid = 45 # @fid means "forum identifier"
@bookmark = { 4 => 2, 56 => 6 }
@answered = { 4 => TRUE, 8 => TRUE }


# Datastructure per question
N = {
  'owner' => 'Claude',
  'question' => 'bake a cake',
  'answers' => [
    { 'owner' => 'Francois',
      'answer' => [ 'knead the flower', 'bake the paste' ] }
  ]
}