Title :
A dynamic architecture for multi-agent systems
Author :
Jiao, Wenpin ; Shi, Zhongzhi
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Comput. Technol., Acad. Sinica, Beijing, China
Abstract :
Multi agent systems are investigated from the point of view of software architectures, and formalized using a process calculus, the pi-calculus. To build a dynamic architecture for multi agent systems, two models for agents and multi agent systems are put forward respectively. Then a kind of architecture for multi agent systems, called CARBA which is similar to CORBA, is built based on the roles played by agents in multi agent systems. Finally, the dynamic characteristics of the architecture are analyzed as well
Keywords :
distributed object management; formal specification; multi-agent systems; pi calculus; software architecture; CARBA; CORBA; dynamic architecture; dynamic characteristics; multi agent systems; pi-calculus; process calculus; software architectures; Algebra; Calculus; Computer architecture; Concurrent computing; Content addressable storage; Design methodology; Logic; Multiagent systems; Software architecture; Software engineering;
Conference_Titel :
Technology of Object-Oriented Languages and Systems, 1999. TOOLS 31. Proceedings
Conference_Location :
Nanjing
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0393-4
DOI :
10.1109/TOOLS.1999.796491
