The Layered Agent Pattern Language:  Action and Mobility

Elizabeth.A.Kendall,  Chirag.V.Pathak, P.V.Murali Krishna, C.B.Suresh
Computer Systems Engineering
Royal Melbourne Institute Of Technology 
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ABSTRACT
Agents are the next key software abstraction, especially for 
distributed systems.  This paper presents a 
collection of patterns within a pattern language for agent based 
systems --- systems comprised of mobile and intelligent agents.  An 
architectural pattern, the Layered Agent, is provided, along with the 
main patterns found within the action and mobility layers.   
Patterns relevant for configuring and instantiating agents are also 
discussed; these patterns are 
utilized when an agent is cloned so that it can migrate to another 
society.

Subject Area:  Pattern Language

Keywords:  Pattern Language, Agents, Mobile Agents