Agent-K: An Integration of AOP & KQML

W. H. E. Davies; Peter Edwards

Agent-K: An Integration of AOP & KQML

W. H. E. Davies, Peter Edwards

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Abstract

This paper describes a synthesis of two well-known agent paradigms: Agent-Oriented Programming, Shoham (1990), and the Knowledge Query & Manipulation Language, Finin (1993). The initial implementation of AOP, Agent-0, is a simple language for specifying agent behaviour. KQML provides a standard language for inter-agent communication. Our integration (which we have called Agent-K) demonstrates that Agent-0 and KQML are highly compatible. Agent-K provides the possibility of inter-operable (or open) software agents, that can communicate via KQML and which are programmed using the AOP approach. We begin with an overview of AOP and KQML before going on to describe our motivations for this work. This is followed by a description of the design and implementation of Agent-K. We conclude with a discussion of the issues raised by the integration of AOP and KQML.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the CIKM '94 Workshop on Intelligent Agents
Editors	Tim Finin, Y Labrou
Publisher	NIST
Pages	1-8
Number of pages	8
Publication status	Published - 1994
Event	Third International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management - Gaithersburg, United States Duration: 29 Nov 1994 → 2 Dec 1994 https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/191246

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Conference	Third International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management
Abbreviated title	CIKM'94
Country/Territory	United States
City	Gaithersburg
Period	29/11/94 → 2/12/94
Internet address	https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/191246

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software agents
agent-oriented programming
communication

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Davies, WHE & Edwards, P 1994, Agent-K: An Integration of AOP & KQML. in T Finin & Y Labrou (eds), Proceedings of the CIKM '94 Workshop on Intelligent Agents. NIST, pp. 1-8, Third International Conference on Information
and Knowledge Management, Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States, 29/11/94. <https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.106.7379&rep=rep1&type=pdf>

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