Title :
From generic MAS to C2D2-Agents: a software architecture for CSCW
Author :
Xiaosu, Zhan ; Zongkai, Lin ; Guang, Xu
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Comput. Technol., Acad. Sinica, Beijing, China
Abstract :
In order to accommodate the new change brought by the computer support cooperative work (CSCW) application system, a new CSCW system integration platform based on multi-C2D2-Agent is required. In this paper, a method in the form of MAS-based model for designing CSCW system and C2D2-Agent concepts are proposed. The architectural property of this type of CSCW system is studied. We show the importance to construct C2D2 agents and explore an architecture model for the multi-agent based CSCW system. We illustrate the structure of C2D2 agents, especially autonomous interface agents, and discuss some design principles for such agents. In the CSCW system, autonomous interface agents can expediently support synchronous applications
Keywords :
groupware; multi-agent systems; software agents; software architecture; CSCW; autonomous interface agents; computer support cooperative work; multiple agent systems; software architecture; Collaborative work; Communication system control; Control systems; Humans; Internet; Large-scale systems; Network servers; Software architecture; Software tools; Web server;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Networks and Mobile Computing, 2001. Proceedings. 2001 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Los Alamitos, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1381-6
DOI :
10.1109/ICCNMC.2001.962623
