A Capability-Centered Agent Model and Dynamic Integration Framework

Introducing agent techniques into system integration can solve the flexible and dynamic problems in the process of system integration. A capability-centered agent model (CCA) together with its related dynamic integration framework is introduced in this paper. At first a dynamic integration framework, which include capability register center (CRC), the agent management service (AMS) and the public information blackboard (PIB), is given to show the agent-based integration development process. Next the agent capability is defined and introduced to the CCA model. The formal definition and architecture of the CCA model is described and a tasks scheduling and handling algorithm is designed to support the working mechanism of the CCA model. The experiment result proves that CCA model not only solves the dynamic integration problem in system development process, but also improves the task completion efficiency when task number increases.