A Flexible and Lightweight Agent Deployment Architecture

Abstract

While the multi-agent system (MAS) paradigm is popular for many application domains, different frameworks exist for different applications. These frameworks are not interoperable and many times force the developer into a specific model for agents and for the system as a whole. This paper presents a framework featuring a lightweight, open model for the entities in a MAS, together with a means of deployment that brings both flexibility and versatility. This architecture is compared to the most popular frameworks in the MAS domain.