An application framework for intelligent and mobile agents

Kendall, Elizabeth; Krishna, P. Venkata; Suresh, C. B.; Pathak, Chirag V.

doi:10.1145/351936.351956

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“…CRC are extended to Role Responsibilities and Collaborators. In [30] a seven layered architectural pattern for agents is presented. The seven layers are: mobility, translation, collaboration, actions, reasoning, beliefs and sensory.…”

Section: Semi-formal Approachesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Formal Specification Approach of Role Dynamics in Agent Organisations: Application to the Satisfaction-Altruism Model

Hilaire

Gruer

Koukam

et al. 2007

Int. J. Soft. Eng. Knowl. Eng.

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This article deals with the problem of dynamic role-playing in Multi-Agent organisations. The approach presented uses a formal specification notation and is based upon a formal framework which defines the concepts of role, interaction and organisation. Within this framework the problem of dynamic role-playing specification is related to the merging of specifications. The formal notation used composes Object-Z and Statecharts. The main features of this approach are: enough expressive power to represent Multi-Agents dynamic aspects, tools for specification analysis and mechanisms allowing the refinement of a high level specification into a low level specification which can be easily implemented. The last part of this paper presents an application with the specification of a reactive and cooperative MAS model named Satisfaction Altruism. An analysis of the specification validates the agents' behaviours.

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Section: Semi-formal Approachesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Formal Specification Approach of Role Dynamics in Agent Organisations: Application to the Satisfaction-Altruism Model

Hilaire

Gruer

Koukam

et al. 2007

Int. J. Soft. Eng. Knowl. Eng.

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“…Maurer's solution (1996) is applicable to Scope Management, Time Management and, to a certain extent, the Communication Management function. Agent technology has been more commonly applied to areas such as network and system management (Kendall, Krishna, Suresh & Pathak, 2000), decision and logic support (Burstein, McDermott, & Smith, 2000), interest matching (Object Management Group, 2000), data collection in distributed and heterogenous environments, searching and filtering, negotiating, and monitoring (Venners, 1997).…”

Section: Software Agents In Spmmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Furthermore, the specialised agents also make it possible to describe the various interactions between different agents explicitly, which in turn reduces the general complexity of the agent system. The various programming patterns (Aridor & Lange, 1998;Kendall et al, 2000) available, accomplish specific agent-associated tasks, such as creation, migration, suspension, and collaboration.…”

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A Generic Agent Framework to Support the Various Software Project Management Processes

Nienaber¹,

Barnard

2007

IJIKM

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Despite various research efforts originating from both academia and industry, software projects have a high rate of failure, more specific, software projects often do not comply with the traditional standard measurements of success, namely time, cost and requirements specification. Thus, there is a need for new methods and measures to support the software project management process.Globalisation and advances in computing technologies has changed the software project management environment. Currently software projects are developed and deployed in distributed, pervasive and collaborative environments and traditional project management methods cannot, and do not, address the added complexities inherent to this environment.In this paper the utilisation of stationary and mobile software agents is investigated as a potential tool to assist with the improvement of software project management processes. In particular we propose and discuss a software agent framework to support software project management. Although still in its initial phases, this research shows promise of significant results in enabling software developers to meet market expectations, and produce projects on time, within budget and to users' satisfaction.

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“…Furthermore, the specialised agents also make it possible to describe the various interactions between different agents explicitly, which in turn reduces the general complexity of the agent system. The various programming patterns (Aridor & Lange 1998;Kendall, Krishna, Suresh, & Pathak, 2000) available, accomplish specific agent-associated tasks, such as creation, migration, suspension, and collaboration.…”

Section: Multi-agent Model For Software Quality Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Software Quality Management supported by Software Agent

Nienaber¹,

Barnard²

2005

IISIT

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Software technology and computing resources have evolved and developed considerably over the past years and may be considered as the backbone of many business ventures today. However, the software project management environment has also changed and is continuously evolving. Currently software projects are developed and deployed in distributed, pervasive and collaborative environments. This means that traditional software project management methods cannot, and do not, address the added complexities found in a pervasive, distributed global environment. Projects thus have a high rate of failure. More specifically, software projects often do not comply with the traditional standard measurements of success, namely time, cost and specifications. There is thus a need for new methods and measures to support software project management.In this paper, software agent technology is explored as a potential tool for enhancing software project management practices in general. We propose and discuss a software agent framework, specifically to support software quality management. Although still in its initial phases, research indicates some promise in enabling software developers to meet market expectations and produce projects timeously, within budget and to users' satisfaction.

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An application framework for intelligent and mobile agents

Cited by 16 publications

References 2 publications

Formal Specification Approach of Role Dynamics in Agent Organisations: Application to the Satisfaction-Altruism Model

Formal Specification Approach of Role Dynamics in Agent Organisations: Application to the Satisfaction-Altruism Model

A Generic Agent Framework to Support the Various Software Project Management Processes

Software Quality Management supported by Software Agent

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