A Multi-Agent System Framework Based on XML-KQML Communication

• Main Authors: Kun-Fei Lin, 林昆霏
• Other Authors: Sheng-De Wang
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Published: 2001
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/16780523344002316872

碩士 === 國立臺灣大學 === 電機工程學研究所 === 89 === Agent-oriented programming might be the new trend of software programming after object-oriented programming. Agent-oriented approach uses a higher-level point of view to see the problems. Thus, a good framework that can support agent-oriented programming is needed. Among the issues concerning the design of an agent framework, agent communication is the most important one, which making agent interoperable. We combine the expressing power of KQML and the interchange standard of XML to design an agent message format called XML-KQML, aiming to efficiently and flexibly exchange information between agents. Knowing that agent technologies are getting important and many issues remain to be addressed, we proposed a multi-agent system framework, called XMAS, supporting agent mobilization, XML-KQML based message interchanging, and an agent structure, which simplifies agent-oriented programming. We also provide some simple examples showing how the system works and how to use our system.