Distributed Director Facilitator in a Multiagent Platform for Networked Embedded Controllers

Authors:
Omar J. Orozco;Jose L. Lastra
Affiliations:
Tampere University of Technology, Institute of Production Engineering, Korkeakoulunkatu 6, 33720 Tampere, Finland;Tampere University of Technology, Institute of Production Engineering, Korkeakoulunkatu 6, 33720 Tampere, Finland
Venue:
HoloMAS '07 Proceedings of the 3rd international conference on Industrial Applications of Holonic and Multi-Agent Systems: Holonic and Multi-Agent Systems for Manufacturing
Year:
2007

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Abstract

FIPA-compliant agent platforms must include an Agent Management System, an Agent Communication Channel and a Director Facilitator (DF). The DF is centralized and it administers a register of agents which previously had been registered. Every agent could perform a search for an agent(s) that has specific characteristics or provides a determined service. A centralized DF is a potential point of failure and could cause network overload. The DFs could be distributed through the networked embedded controllers. This paper describes the development of a Distributed Director Facilitator (DDF) which keeps a local register of service providers including the name of the agents and the services provided, this means that every controller could have its own DDF, and agents hosted within a controller could query over the list of service providers.