Title :
Performance evaluation of dynamically assembled multiagent systems
Author :
Jayaputera, Glenn ; Loke, Seng ; Zaslavsky, Arkady
Author_Institution :
CSSE, Monash Univ., Clayton, Vic., Australia
Abstract :
Most methodologies for developing software agents focus at design phase. The proposed notion of dynamically generating multiagent systems (MASs) from user-defined specifications (called "missions" in our approach) is somewhat unorthodox and introduces a new paradigm in MASs development and usage, concentrating on run-time phase. In the dynamic MASs agents are created on-demand at run-time with different functionalities depending on the objectives of the mission. In this paper, we propose and demonstrate a way for evaluating MASs at run-time. Performance evaluation of eHermes - the dynamic MAS generator/constructor - is then presented and analyzed.
Keywords :
multi-agent systems; performance evaluation; software agents; eHermes MAS generator-constructor; multiagent system; performance evaluation; software agents; user-defined specification; Assembly systems; Buildings; Communication system security; Intelligent agent; Intelligent structures; Multiagent systems; Performance analysis; Runtime; Software agents; Software systems;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Agent Technology, IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2416-8
DOI :
10.1109/IAT.2005.117