期刊
JOURNAL OF SYSTEMS AND SOFTWARE
卷 80, 期 12, 页码 2039-2062出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2007.03.013
关键词
pervasive software agents; mission; heterogeneous multi-agent systems; on-demand; run-time support; agent composition
User needs-driven and computer- supported development of pervasive heterogeneous and dynamic multi-agent systems remains a great challenge for agent research community. This paper presents an innovative approach to composing, validating and supporting multi-agent systems at run-time. Multi-agent systems (MASs) can and should be assembled quasi-automatically and dynamically based on high-level user specifications which are transformed into a shared and common goal-mission. Dynamically generating agents could also be supported as a pervasive service. Heterogeneity of MASs refers to diverse functionality and constituency of the system which include mobile as well as host associated software agents. This paper proposes and demonstrates on-demand and just-in-time agent composition approach which is combined with run-time support for MASs. Run-time support is based on mission cost-efficiency and shared objectives which enable termination, generation, injection and replacement of software agents as the mission evolves at run-time. We present the formal underpinning of our approach and describe the prototype tool - called eHermes, which has been implemented using available agent platforms. Analysis and results of evaluating eHermes are presented and discussed. (C) 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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