USING META-AGENTS TO BUILD MAS MIDDLEWARE

S. C. Lynch

2011

Abstract

Various multiagent platforms exist, each providing a range of individual capabilities but typically their implementations lack the flexibility to allow developers to adapt them to the differing needs of individual applications. This paper investigates the design of a kernel for MAS middleware based on primitive meta-agents. We specify these meta-agents and examine how they can be used to realise the capabilities required by multiagent platforms. We examine how changes in the organisation of meta-agents produce MAS platforms with differing behaviours. We evaluate the meta-agent approach by experimentation, demonstrating how modifications in meta-agent behaviour can provide different strategies for agent communication, scoping rules and connectivity with other tools.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Lynch S. (2011). USING META-AGENTS TO BUILD MAS MIDDLEWARE . In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 2: ICAART, ISBN 978-989-8425-41-6, pages 385-388. DOI: 10.5220/0003149603850388

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icaart11,
author={S. C. Lynch},
title={USING META-AGENTS TO BUILD MAS MIDDLEWARE},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 2: ICAART,},
year={2011},
pages={385-388},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003149603850388},
isbn={978-989-8425-41-6},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 2: ICAART,
TI - USING META-AGENTS TO BUILD MAS MIDDLEWARE
SN - 978-989-8425-41-6
AU - Lynch S.
PY - 2011
SP - 385
EP - 388
DO - 10.5220/0003149603850388