An agent-based infrastructure for enterprise integration

Author

Cost, R. Scott ; Finin, Tim ; Labrou, Yannis ; Luan, Xiaocheng ; Peng, Yun ; Soboroff, Ian ; Mayfield, James ; Boughannam, Akram

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Electr. Eng., Maryland Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

219

Lastpage

233

Abstract

Some of the features that make Jackal (Java-based Applications Communication using KQML Agent communication Language) extremely valuable to agent development are its conversation management facilities, its flexible, blackboard-style interface and its ease of integration. Jackal has been developed in support of an investigation of the use of agents in enterprise-wide integration of planning and execution for manufacturing. This paper describes Jackal at a surface level and at the design level, and demonstrates its use in a multi-agent system that supports intelligent integration of enterprise planning and execution

Keywords

Java; application program interfaces; blackboard architecture; integrated software; knowledge representation languages; manufacturing data processing; multi-agent systems; planning (artificial intelligence); query languages; Jackal; Java-based tool; KQML; agent communication language; agent development; agent-based infrastructure; applications communication tool; blackboard-style interface; conversation management facilities; ease of integration; enterprise execution; enterprise planning; enterprise-wide integration; intelligent integration; manufacturing; multi-agent system; Computer aided manufacturing; Computer science; Costs; Information technology; Intelligent agent; Intelligent systems; Java; Laboratories; Physics; Virtual machining;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Agent Systems and Applications, 1999 and Third International Symposium on Mobile Agents. Proceedings. First International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Palm Springs, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0340-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ASAMA.1999.805406

Filename

805406