Dynamic Application Integration Using Agent-Based Operational Administration
Junwei Cao, Darren J. Kerbyson, G.R. Nudd · 2000
Operational Administration Agents (OAAs) can be used as the kernel of many practical application systems to implement integration functions [Cao99]. The dynamic application integration discussed in this work is essential for the OAAs to support openness, scalability and maintenance of the application system. Dynamic application integration can be achieved by reconfiguration of multiagent system. Traditional coordination mechanism, multicast communication, has obvious shortcomings if used in loosely coupled C/S system. In this work a new mechanism of using rule-based reasoning in a three-tier capability model is presented to solve the problems and improve the performance of agent coordination. 1