eHermes: The Dynamic MAS Generator

Glenn Jayaputera

Computer Science and Software Engineering

Monash University

Friday, 29th April 2005
9-30am - 11am

Monash University, Caulfield Campus
Room B5.50A, Computer Science Department
(Building B, 5th Floor, Room 50A).

Abstract:

Most methodologies for developing software agents focus at design phase. The notion of dynamically generating multi agent systems (MAS) from user-specified mission/request is somewhat unorthodox and introduces a new paradigm in MAS development and usage concentrating on run-time phase. In the dynamic MAS agents are created on-demand at run-time with different functionalities depending on the objectives of the mission. In this presentation, we will discuss the philosophy, theory, implementation and test results of our work.

Biosketch:

Glenn is at his final stages in his PhD program at Monash and is submitting his thesis on multi-agent systems.