Designing and Developing Multi-Agent Systems

Published in Volume XI, 2002, p. 142-153

Author(s): Sinica ALBOAIE, Gabriel CIOBANU

Abstract

This article presents the experience of the authors in designing and developing multi-agent software systems. We describe LFlag, a library that implements a simple name service for agents within an Intranet and some mechanisms for agents mobility and for their communication. We also present a distributed address space for active objects and a software implementation of this called Omega. Finally, we describe a new development called AgKA and the possible ways AgKA could improve our work and interactions in a distributed environment.