Design considerations for multiagent systems on very small platforms
William A. Wright, Dana Moore · 2003
The large and growing number of PDAs, tablet computers, JavaPhones, and other small footprint devices are a tempting target for deployment of multiagent systems (MAS). In this paper we describe previous and ongoing efforts to develop Cougaar MicroEdition (CougaarME), a scaled down version of the DARPA Cougaar MAS. We describe the challenges of small devices (including hardware choices and constraints) and the challenges of architecting the various elements (communications, service advertisement, policies).