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Generating and supporting dynamic heterogeneous MAS
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posted on 2006-12-01, 00:00 authored by G T Jayaputera, Arkady ZaslavskyArkady Zaslavsky, Seng LokeSeng LokeOne of the grand challenges in agent technology research is quasi-automatic development of heterogeneous and dynamic multiagent systems using Agent Oriented Software Engineering (AOSE) tools. This paper presents an innovative approach to developing and supporting multiagent systems at run-time. Multiagent systems (MASs) can and should be generated dynamically based on high-level user specifications which are transformed into a mission. Dynamically generating agents could also be offered as a pervasive service. Heterogeneity of MASs refers to diverse functionality and constituency of the system which include mobile as well as host associated software agents. This paper proposes and demonstrates on-demand and just-in-time agent generation approach which is combined with run-time support for MASs. Run-time support is based on mission cost-efficiency and objectives which enable termination, generation, injection and replacement of software agents as the mission evolves. We present the formal underpinning of our approach and describe the prototype tool - called eHermes, which has been implemented using specific agent platforms. Lessons and results of testing eHermes are reported and analyzed.
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ICPS ACC/IEEE Pervasive Services. International Conference (2006 : Lyon, France)Volume
2006Pagination
78 - 87Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)Location
Lyon, FrancePlace of publication
Piscataway, N.J.Publisher DOI
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2006-06-26End date
2006-06-29ISBN-13
9781424402373ISBN-10
1424402379Language
engPublication classification
E1.1 Full written paper - refereedCopyright notice
2006, IEEETitle of proceedings
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