Extending agent messaging to enable OO information exchange
Cranefield, Stephen; Purvis, Martin

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Cranefield, S., & Purvis, M. (2000). Extending agent messaging to enable OO information exchange (Information Science Discussion Papers Series No. 2000/07). University of Otago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/818
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Abstract:
It is canonical practice in agent-based systems to use a declarative format for the exchange of information. The increasing usage and facility of object-oriented tools and techniques, however, suggests there may be benefits in combining the use of object-oriented modelling approaches with agent-based messaging. In this paper we outline our efforts in connection with the New Zealand Distributed Information Systems project to use object-oriented knowledge representation in an agent-based architecture. Issues and tradeoffs are discussed, as well as the possible extensions to current agent-based message protocols that may be necessary in order to support object-oriented information exchange.
Date:
2000-04
Publisher:
University of Otago
Pages:
8
Series number:
2000/07
Research Type:
Discussion Paper