Book Contents

The book consists of four Parts:

  1. MRDS Architecture - Decentralized Software Services (DSS), Concurrency and Coordination Runtime (CCR), using Windows Forms and Web Forms, live video with a Web Camera
  2. Visual Simulation Environment - How to use the Simulator and develop new simulation entities
  3. Visual Programming Language (VPL) - Programming using Dataflow Diagrams
  4. Using Real Robotics Hardware - Controlling wheeled robots and a robotic arm, as well as writing new hardware services

The sample source code includes web pages describing each of the chapters. You can view the Detailed Chapter Contents.

All of the services developed in the book are described in the DSS Service Description Directory. This novel approach means that the Contract Identifiers for all the services have actual pages on the Internet.

In addition, there is an Index to the Examples and a List of Hyperlinks from the book.

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