Title :
A multi-agent framework for a P2P data sharing facility
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Keele Univ., UK
Abstract :
The paper presents a general architecture for a P2P data sharing facility within a multi-agent framework, where peers as autonomous high-level nodal agents cooperate with each other to solve global tasks. A node may have several lower level local agents including local databases and partial global ontologies. In addition there are also minder agents coordinating the activities of the peers that offer the same type of service, thus providing fault-tolerance. The ability of this architecture in data and task sharing has been demonstrated by considering query processing and directory update strategies.
Keywords :
fault tolerance; multi-agent systems; peer-to-peer computing; query processing; P2P data sharing; agent-based architecture; autonomous high-level nodal agent; directory update strategy; fault tolerance; local database; multiagent system; partial global ontology; peer-to-peer computing; query processing; task sharing; Computer architecture; Computer science; Fault tolerance; Internet; Knowledge engineering; Ontologies; Peer to peer computing; Query processing; Spread spectrum communication; Transaction databases;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Information Networking and Applications, 2005. AINA 2005. 19th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2249-1
DOI :
10.1109/AINA.2005.37