Title :
An agent framework based on distributed object
Author :
Zhou, Jian ; Zhou, Minghui ; Wu, Quanyuan
Author_Institution :
Nat. Lab. for Parallel & Distributed Process., Hunan, China
Abstract :
In the process of developing distributed applications, system reliability, availability, openness, resource sharing and reusability, etc. are very complex and difficult to solve. Recent research into agent theory has demonstrated that agent-oriented technology may be effective in handling these problems. The paper first discusses the relationships of distributed systems from an agent viewpoint, then presents an agent framework based on distributed objects which could be used to construct enterprise distributed applications. To enhance the openness and resource sharing in distributed systems, an agent communication language-KQML is introduced and implemented in the framework
Keywords :
business data processing; distributed object management; software agents; KQML agent communication language; agent-oriented technology; distributed objects; enterprise distributed applications; openness; reliability; resource sharing; reusability; Availability; Containers; Displays; Distributed computing; Distributed processing; Intelligent agent; Laboratories; Multiagent systems; Reliability; Resource management;
Conference_Titel :
Technology of Object-Oriented Languages and Systems, 2000. TOOLS - Asia 2000. Proceedings. 36th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Xi´an
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0875-8
DOI :
10.1109/TOOLS.2000.885917