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Cooperation Protocol Design Method for Repository-Based Multi-Agent Applications

Cooperation Protocol Design Method for Repository-Based Multi-Agent Applications

Wenpeng Wei, Hideyuki Takahashi, Takahiro Uchiya, Tetsuo Kinoshita
Copyright: © 2013 |Volume: 5 |Issue: 2 |Pages: 14
ISSN: 1942-9045|EISSN: 1942-9037|EISBN13: 9781466632455|DOI: 10.4018/ijssci.2013040101
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Wei, Wenpeng, et al. "Cooperation Protocol Design Method for Repository-Based Multi-Agent Applications." IJSSCI vol.5, no.2 2013: pp.1-14. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijssci.2013040101

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Wei, W., Takahashi, H., Uchiya, T., & Kinoshita, T. (2013). Cooperation Protocol Design Method for Repository-Based Multi-Agent Applications. International Journal of Software Science and Computational Intelligence (IJSSCI), 5(2), 1-14. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijssci.2013040101

Chicago

Wei, Wenpeng, et al. "Cooperation Protocol Design Method for Repository-Based Multi-Agent Applications," International Journal of Software Science and Computational Intelligence (IJSSCI) 5, no.2: 1-14. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijssci.2013040101

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Abstract

This paper proposes a cooperation protocol design method for repository-based multi-agent systems. The proposal aims to improve the efficiency of multi-agent system development by introducing reusable protocol templates. To achieve the decoupling of protocol templates and application domain processes, original protocol template representations are proposed. Moreover, a graphical design tool with automatic implementation functions of proposed protocol templates is developed to reduce the development cost of multi-agent systems. To validate the functionality and feasibility of the proposal, two disparate multi-agent based applications are developed using the proposed design method. The comparison with the reference implementation shows that applying proposal in practical application development reduces approximately 50% coding work.

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