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We present the concept and implementation of a communication infrastructure for a distributed database system referring to the agent-based database query evaluation system AQuES. Within this model we use system components that build a federated multi agent system (MAS). We present those parts of the message transport layer that provide an “easy to handle”, scalable architecture based on the “plug & play” building block principle. Furthermore, we present a generic dialog manager that enables each agent to communicate in multiple concurrent threads of execution. Based on this concept, AQuES agents keep track of a complex evaluation environment in a dynamic, multi-query scenario.
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Stillger, M., Scheffner, D., Freytag, JC. (2000). A Communication Infrastructure for a Distributed RDBMS. In: Bode, A., Ludwig, T., Karl, W., Wismüller, R. (eds) Euro-Par 2000 Parallel Processing. Euro-Par 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1900. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44520-X_57
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