A-globe: Agent Development Platform with Inaccessibility and Mobility Support
David Šišlák, Martin Řehák, Michal Pěchouček, Milan Rollo, Dušan Pavlíček · Birkhäuser Basel eBooks · 2005
At present several Java-based multi-agent platforms from different developers are available, but none of them fully supports agent mobility and communication inaccessibility simulation. They are thus unsuitable for experiments with large scale real-world simulation. In this chapter we describe architecture of A -globe, fast, scalable and lightweight agent development platform with environmental simulation and mobility support. Beside the functions common to most agent platforms it provides a position-based messaging service, so it can be used for experiments with extensive environment simulation and communication inaccessibility. Simple benchmarks that compare the A -globe performance against other available agent platforms are also included.