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The agent paradigm truly enhances the power of network software in pervasive environment. Agents with features such as autonomy and social ability form an agent community called agent group. Moreover, mobile agent technology that integrates mobile device with application server enables mobile users to obtain information or services over the Web anytime anyplace. However, one problem with agent community is that there seems no definition or knowledge representation for role-based agent to form an agent group that resembles a human group with roles. In this work, we propose the role-based mobile agent architecture, in which agents will be grouped into a specific group according to their roles. Further, through agent communication, mobile agents of an agent group can collaborate with each other to contribute to group tasks. A hospital example based on the Java agent development environment (JADE) platform is included for illustration.
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Liu, CH., Chen, J.JY. (2011). Role-Based Mobile Agent for Group Task Collaboration in Pervasive Environment. In: Chang, RS., Kim, Th., Peng, SL. (eds) Security-Enriched Urban Computing and Smart Grid. SUComS 2011. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 223. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23948-9_26
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