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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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
Pages	1-16
Number of pages	16
Publication status	Published - 1994
Event	CIKM Workshop on Intelligent Information Agents - Gaithersburg, United States Duration: 2 Dec 1994 → …

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Workshop	CIKM Workshop on Intelligent Information Agents
Country/Territory	United States
City	Gaithersburg
Period	2/12/94 → …

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software agents
agent-oriented programming
communication

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