Message
Transport Service (MTS)
Message Transport Service is the backbone of any MAS. It supports
the sending and receiving of ACL messages
between agents. The agents involved may be local to a single Agent Platform or
on different Agent Platforms. Two modes of communication are involved for
message transportation.
1.
Inter-platform Communication (ACC)
2.
Intra-platform Communication (MTS)
Current Status
Our group has completed
the analysis have made an initial design for MTS’s
intra platform communication. Currently we are developing it so that its
efficiency can be tested. Our first target is to meet the deadline of
Research Issues
Following important
matters are part of research work as they form up a base for any good MTS:
- Scalability of MTS for high performance
- Decentralize architecture
- Reliability
- Intra platform protocol for agent communication
- Conversation Policies
- Metrics for evaluating performance