Year: 2004
Type: article
Abstract: Agent infrastructure that provides developmental and operational support for agents is required to fully utilise the abilities of agent technologies.Existing agent platforms tend to require agents to run "inside" them and force the developer to use one particular agent architecture and provide little or no provision for incorporating legacy software into the system.This report details the design and implementation of an agent platform that consists of a simple message oriented interaction layer for structured agent communication and mechanisms for agent discovery based on names and services on offer.A small open application programming interface is provided that does not impose the use of a single programming language or a particular agent paradigm.Such a solution attempts to facilitate the use of agents and legacy software within the same system.
Author: Claudecir Paton
Language: English
Subfield: Artificial Intelligence
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W130469471