Title :
Implementing Agent Interoperability between Language-Heterogeneous Platforms
Author :
Cabri, Giacomo ; Domnori, Elton ; Orlandini, Davide
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Ing. dell´´Inf., Univ. di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
Abstract :
One of the most important feature of a MAS (Multi-Agent System) is the cooperation and the coordination among agents placed in distributed environments. Due to the high heterogeneity of agents and platforms, interoperability has become a key issue for the use of MASs in academic and industrial fields. Several approaches to interoperability proposed so far are based on the JAVA technology exploiting the homogeneity of the programming language and technology. In this paper we introduce a new middleware that enables the interoperability among agents execution in different platforms, implemented with different programming languages. Our approach is FIPA-IEEE compliant and programming-language independent.
Keywords :
Java; middleware; multi-agent systems; open systems; software agents; FIPA-IEEE compliant; JAVA technology; agent interoperability; distributed environments; language-heterogeneous platforms; middleware; multiagent system; programming-language independent; Context; Data structures; Java; Middleware; Proposals; Protocols; AgentService; FIPA; JADE; interoperability; software agents;
Conference_Titel :
Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises (WETICE), 2011 20th IEEE International Workshops on
Conference_Location :
Paris
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0134-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1524-4547
DOI :
10.1109/WETICE.2011.13
