Supporting Internet-scale multi-agent systems

N.J.E. Wijngaards; B.J. Overeinder; M. van Steen; F.M.T. Brazier

doi:10.1016/S0169-023X(02)00042-3

Supporting Internet-scale multi-agent systems

N.J.E. Wijngaards (Corresponding Author), B.J. Overeinder, M. van Steen, F.M.T. Brazier

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Abstract

The Internet provides a large-scale environment for (intelligent) software agents. Agents are autonomous (mobile) processes, capable of communication with other agents, interaction with the world, and adaptation to changes in their environment. Current approaches to support agents are not geared for large-scale settings. The near future holds thousands of agents, hosts, messages, and migratory movements of agents. These large-scale aspects require a new approach to facilitate the development of agent applications and support. AgentScape is a scalable agent-based distributed system, described in this paper, that aims at tackling these aspects.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	229-245
Number of pages	17
Journal	Data & knowledge engineering
Volume	41
Issue number	2-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0169-023X(02)00042-3
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2002
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Heterogeneity
Interoperability
Large-scale agent systems
Middleware
Mobility
Scalability

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