TY - GEN
T1 - Agreements and policies in cooperative mobile agents
T2 - OTM Confederated International Conferences CoopIS, DOA, ODBASE, GADA, and IS 2007
AU - Ishikawa, Fuyuki
AU - Yoshioka, Nobukazu
AU - Honiden, Shinichi
PY - 2007/1/1
Y1 - 2007/1/1
N2 - Organization of mobile agents into a group has appeared as a new paradigm for dynamic deployment of composite services. However, it has not been discussed how multiple mobile agents cooperate with each other, handling conflicts in their requirements. In response to this problem, this study proposes a model for cooperative mobility based on the notion of agreements. Agent behavior defined in the proposed model involves agreement establishment and enforcement for cooperative mobility. Such behavior can be customized only by specifying requirements/constraints of each agent, eliminating the necessity to write down the whole behavior to handle agreements. The model is described in a formal way, using Event Calculus, and it is proved the model leads to no occurrence of defined inconsistency. The model has been implemented on an existing agent framework, Freedia, combined with its dynamic partner management mechanism.
AB - Organization of mobile agents into a group has appeared as a new paradigm for dynamic deployment of composite services. However, it has not been discussed how multiple mobile agents cooperate with each other, handling conflicts in their requirements. In response to this problem, this study proposes a model for cooperative mobility based on the notion of agreements. Agent behavior defined in the proposed model involves agreement establishment and enforcement for cooperative mobility. Such behavior can be customized only by specifying requirements/constraints of each agent, eliminating the necessity to write down the whole behavior to handle agreements. The model is described in a formal way, using Event Calculus, and it is proved the model leads to no occurrence of defined inconsistency. The model has been implemented on an existing agent framework, Freedia, combined with its dynamic partner management mechanism.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-540-76848-7_46
DO - 10.1007/978-3-540-76848-7_46
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:38349054144
SN - 9783540768463
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 683
EP - 700
BT - On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems 2007
PB - Springer Verlag
Y2 - 25 November 2007 through 30 November 2007
ER -