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A toolset for architecture independent, reconfigurable, multi-agent systems

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Mobile Agents (MA 1997)

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Large computer systems are expected to have long lifetime. For this reason, a system should evolve as user and system demands change. Attempts have been made at this in the field of distributed systems where configuration languages have been developed for just this purpose. Multi-agent systems provide a better solution to this problem but lack the development environments that are available for traditional software. This paper presents a generic agent shell and two agent system languages, ADLe (definition language) and ARCLe (reconfiguration language) for use with this shell. It is proposed that they will provide the basis for an environment that fills this gap.

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  1. Computer Supported Concurrent Engineering Research Group, Dept of Mechanical Engineering, Design and Manufacture, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

    Marcus J Williams & A T Bendiab

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Williams, M.J., Bendiab, A.T. (1997). A toolset for architecture independent, reconfigurable, multi-agent systems. In: Rothermel, K., Popescu-Zeletin, R. (eds) Mobile Agents. MA 1997. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1219. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-62803-7_36

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