Accession Number:

ADA478202

Title:

A Real-Time Multi-Agent System Architecture for E-Commerce Applications

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

RHODE ISLAND UNIV KINGSTON

Personal Author(s):

• Cingiser DiPippo, Lisa
• Fay-Wolfe, Victor
• Nair, Lekshmi
• Hodys, Ethan
• Uvarov, Oleg

Report Date:

2000-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

14.0

Abstract:

This paper describes an architecture for real-time multi-agent systems RTMAS that builds upon an existing real-time CORBA architecture. The RTMAS architecture provides real-time agent services for real-time agent communication, real-time agent scheduling and real-time agent facilitation. These services work together to allow for the expression and enforcement of real-time agent interactions. The paper describes the design of these services, along with a prototype implementation of the RTMAS architecture that is based upon an existing agent communication implementation.

Descriptors:

• *COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS
• *REAL TIME
• *ARCHITECTURE
• *MULTIAGENT SYSTEMS
• SCHEDULING
• ELECTRONIC COMMERCE

Subject Categories:

• Computer Systems
• Computer Systems Management and Standards
• Cybernetics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE