A Flexible and Scalable Agent Platform for Multi-Agent Systems

Multi-agent system is composed by several agents capable of reaching the goal cooperatively. The system needs an agent platform for efficient and stable interaction between intelligent agents. In this paper we propose a flexible and scalable agent platform by composing the containers with multiple hierarchical agent groups. It also allows efficient implementation of multiple domain presentations of the agents unlike JADE. The proposed platform provides both group management and individual management of agents for efficiency. The platform has been implemented and tested, and it can be used as a flexible foundation of the dynamic multi-agent system targeting seamless delivery of ubiquitous services.

Authors:

• Ae Hee Park
• So Hyun Park
• Hee Yong Youn

Keywords:

• Agent platform
• container
• multi-agent system
• services
• ubiquitous computing

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