Maciej Gawinecki

Testing the efficiency of JADE agent platform

Agent oriented programming is often described as the next breakthrough in development and implementation of large-scale complex software system. At the same time it is rather difficult to find successful applications of agent technology, in particular precisely when large-scale systems are considered. The aim of this paper is to investigate if one of the possible limits may be the scalability of existing agent technology. We have picked JADE agent platform as technology of choice and investigated its efficiency in a number of test cases. Results of our experiments are presented and discussed.

Efficiency of JADE agent platform

Agent oriented programming is often claimed to become the next breakthrough in development and implementation of large-scale complex software systems. At the same time it is rather difficult to find successful applications of agent technology, in particular when large-scale systems are considered. The aim of this paper is to investigate if one of the possible limits could be the scalability of existing agent environments. For this purpose we have selected JADE agent platform and investigated its performance in a number of test-scenarios. Results of our experiments are presented and discussed.

tilizing agent teams in grid resource management preliminary considerations

Recently it was suggested that (mobile) software agents can provide an infrastructure for resource management in grids. In this note we introduce an approach based on agent teams, and discuss how it can he used in grid resource management. Details of initial implementation of one of its functionalities are discussed

Adaptive Information Provisioning in an Agent-Based Virtual Organization- Preliminary Considerations

In this note we consider design of a information provisioning subsystem for an agent-based virtual organization. Flexible delivery of information is based on matching of ontologically demarcated resource profiles, work contexts, and domain specific knowledge.

Agent-Based Adaptive Learning Provisioning in a Virtual Organization

In this note we consider design of a learning provisioning subsystem for an agent-based virtual organization. Flexible delivery of learning content is based on matching of ontologically demarcated user profiles, domain specific knowledge and learning modules.

Agents as Resource Brokers in Grids -- Forming Agent Teams

Recently we have proposed an approach to utilizing agent teams as resource brokers and managers in the Grid. Thus far we have discussed the general overview of the proposed system, how to efficiently implement matchmaking services, as well as proposed a way by which agents select a team that will execute their job. In this paper we focus our attention on processes involved in agents joining a team.

Adaptive information provisioning in an agent-based virtual organization: ontologies in the system

In this paper we consider utilization of ontologies in an agentbased virtual organization. Specifically, in the system flexible delivery of information is to be based on matching of ontologically demarcated resource profiles, work context(s), and domain specific knowledge. In this paper we introduce basic ontologies and their applications.

Pitfalls of agent system development on the basis of a travel support system

Belief that a particular software engineering paradigm is universal for all domains is an illusion and agent-oriented engineering is not an exception. This we have learned during the development of an agent-based Travel Support System. The system was developed as a distributed environment to provide user with personalized content helping in travel planning. In this article we focus on these issues of our systems, where agents fit and give practical alternatives, where they do not. We believe that lessons learned in our project generalize to other project involving utilization of agent technology.

Multi-Agent Systems with JADE: A Guide with Extensive Study

A review of Developing Multi-Agent Systems with JADE by Fabio Luigi Bellifemine, Giovanni Caire, and Dominic Greenwood

On Resource Profiling and Matching in an Agent-Based Virtual Organization

In our work we are designing agent based support for workers in a virtual organization. In the system under development, all resources are to be ontologically demarcated and utilized through semantically- driven information processing techniques. This paper contains preliminary considerations concerning resource profiling and ontological matching methods which we intend to utilize within the system. Two applications that we are currently developing are used to illustrate the proposed approach.