Relating Agent Technology and Component Models
Jürgen Lind · 2001
In this paper, I will discuss some conceptual and technical similarities and differences between component models and agent technology. To this end, I will briefly introduce three component platforms and relate conceptual and technical aspects to the agent world with respect to the entities, interactions and problem solving capabilities that are characteristic for either technology. From this comparison, I will finally derive some ideas on where agent technology could extend the component approach to make it easier to build complex and distributed systems.