A New Agent Platform Architecture Supporting the Agent Group Paradigm for Multi-Agent Systems

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sung Keun Song ◽  
SeungWok Han ◽  
Hee Yong Youn
Keyword(s):  
Multi Agent Systems ◽  
Agent Platform ◽  
Agent Systems ◽  
Platform Architecture ◽  
Multi Agent ◽  
Agent Group

Embeddable Mobile-C for Runtime Support of Code Mobility in Multi-Agent Systems

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu-Cheng Chou ◽  
David Ko ◽  
Harry H. Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Operating Systems ◽  
Mobile Agent ◽  
Mobile Agents ◽  
Distributed Applications ◽  
Multi Agent Systems ◽  
Agent Platform ◽  
Agent Systems ◽  
Code Mobility ◽  
Mobile Agent Systems ◽  
Multi Agent

Agent technology is emerging as an important concept for the development of distributed complex systems. A number of mobile agent systems have been developed in the last decade. However, most of them were developed to support only Java mobile agents. Furthermore, many of them are standalone platforms. In other words, they were not designed to be embedded in a user application to support the code mobility. In order to provide distributed applications with the code mobility, this article presents a mobile agent library, the Mobile-C library. The Mobile-C library is supported by various operating systems including Windows, Unix, and real-time operating systems. It has a small footprint to meet the stringent memory capacity for a variety of mechatronic and embedded systems. This library allows a Mobile-C agency, a mobile agent platform, to be embedded in a program to support C/C++ mobile agents. Functions in this library facilitate the development of a multi-agent system that can easily interface with a variety of hardware devices.

Towards an Integral Approach of Organizations in Multi-Agent Systems

2009 ◽  
pp. 51-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacques Ferber ◽  
Tiberiu Stratulat ◽  
John Tranier
Keyword(s):  
Integral Approach ◽  
Multi Agent Systems ◽  
Analysis And Design ◽  
Agent Systems ◽  
Conceptual Definition ◽  
Multi Agent ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Four Quadrant ◽  
Collective Dimension ◽  
Agent Group

In this chapter, we stress the importance of thinking a MAS in all its aspects (agents, environment, interactions, organizations, and institutions), using a more integral vision. We show that a genuine organizational approach has to take into account both the environment and the institutional part of MAS societies. Then, we propose the MASQ (Multi-Agent System based on Quadrants) meta-model, which constitutes an abstraction of the various aspects of an OCMAS (Organization Centered Multi-Agent Systems), extending AGR (Agent/Group/Role). MASQ is based on a four-quadrant framework, where the analysis and design of a system is performed along two axes: an interior/exterior dimension and an individual/collective dimension. We give a conceptual definition of this approach and we will show that it is possible to apply it to practical models.

scholarly journals AGR4BS: A Generic Multi-Agent Organizational Model for Blockchain Systems

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Hector Roussille ◽  
Önder Gürcan ◽  
Fabien Michel
Keyword(s):  
Social Systems ◽  
Generic Model ◽  
Multi Agent Systems ◽  
Dynamic Interactions ◽  
The Public ◽  
Agent Systems ◽  
Unified Field ◽  
Multi Agent ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Agent Group

Blockchain is a very attractive technology since it maintains a public, append-only, immutable and ordered log of transactions which guarantees an auditable ledger accessible by anyone. Blockchain systems are inherently interdisciplinary since they combine various fields such as cryptography, multi-agent systems, distributed systems, social systems, economy, and finance. Furthermore, they have a very active and dynamic ecosystem where new blockchain platforms and algorithms are developed continuously due to the interest of the public and the industries to the technology. Consequently, we anticipate a challenging and interdisciplinary research agenda in blockchain systems, built upon a methodology that strives to capture the rich process resulting from the interplay between the behavior of agents and the dynamic interactions among them. To be effective, however, modeling studies providing insights into blockchain systems, and appropriate description of agents paired with a generic understanding of their components are needed. Such studies will create a more unified field of blockchain systems that advances our understanding and leads to further insight. According to this perspective, in this study, we propose using a generic multi-agent organizational modeling for studying blockchain systems, namely AGR4BS. Concretely, we use the Agent/Group/Role (AGR) organizational modeling approach to identify and represent the generic entities which are common to blockchain systems. We show through four real case studies how this generic model can be used to model different blockchain systems. We also show briefly how it can be used for modeling three well-known attacks on blockchain systems.

THOMAS: An agent platform for supporting normative multi-agent systems

2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 309-333 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Criado ◽  
E. Argente ◽  
V. Botti
Keyword(s):  
Multi Agent Systems ◽  
Agent Platform ◽  
Agent Systems ◽  
Multi Agent

scholarly journals Odor Classification using Agent Technology

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 41-48
Author(s):  
Sigeru Omatu ◽  
Tatsuyuki Wada ◽  
Pablo Chamoso
Keyword(s):  
Intelligent Agents ◽  
Quartz Crystal ◽  
Classification Systems ◽  
Multi Agent Systems ◽  
Agent Platform ◽  
Agent Systems ◽  
Service Oriented ◽  
Multi Agent ◽  
Odor Classification ◽  
New Algorithms

In order to measure and classify odors, Quartz Crystal Microbalance (QCM) can be used. In the present study, seven QCM sensors and three different odors are used. The system has been developed as a virtual organization of agents using an agent platform called PANGEA (Platform for Automatic coNstruction of orGanizations of intElligent Agents). This is a platform for developing open multi-agent systems, specifically those including organizational aspects. The main reason for the use of agents is the scalability of the platform, i.e. the way in which it models the services. The system models functionalities as services inside the agents, or as Service Oriented Approach (SOA) architecture compliant services using Web Services. This way the adaptation of the odor classification systems with new algorithms, tools and classification techniques is allowed.

scholarly journals An Integrated System for Disabled People Developed with the Agent Platform PANGEA

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 65-77
Author(s):  
Carolina Zato ◽  
Gabriel Villarrubia ◽  
Javier Bajo ◽  
Juan Manuel Corchado
Keyword(s):  
Integrated System ◽  
Multi Agent Systems ◽  
End User ◽  
Agent Platform ◽  
Agent Systems ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
Agent Platforms ◽  
Multi Agent ◽  
Self Adaptation ◽  
High Dynamics

New trends in multi-agent systems call for self-adaptation and high dynamics, hence the new model of open MAS or virtual organization of agents. However, as existing agent platforms are not yet equipped to support this behavior, it is necessary to create new systems and mechanisms to facilitate the development of these new architectures. This article presents PANGEA, an agent platform to develop open multi-agent systems, specifically those including organizational aspects such as virtual agent organizations. The platform allows the integral management of organizations and offers tools to the end user. Additionally, it includes a communication protocol based on the IRC standard, which facilitates implementation and remains robust even with a large number of connections. The introduction of a CommunicationAgent and a Sniffer make it possible to offer Web Services for the distributed control of interaction. In order to test PANGEA, an integral system was developed to help the disabled, gathering a set of easily deployable and integrated services under a single architecture.

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