Abstract
Using mobile agent systems, cooperative distributed applications that run over the Internet can be constructed flexibly. However, there are some problems: it is difficult to understand collaborations among agents as a whole; it is difficult to define behaviors of agents because they are influenced by their external context dynamically. So, in general, constructions of cooperative distributed applications based on mobile agent systems are considered as very hard and difficult works. In this paper, the concept of RoleEP (Role Based Evolutionary Programming) is proposed in order to alleviate these problems. RoleEP provides a systematic evolutionary programming style. In RoleEP, a field where a group of agents collaborate with each other is regarded as an environment and a function that an agent assumes in an environment is defined as a role. Descriptions only concerning to collaborations among agents can be abstracted by environments. An object becomes an agent by binding itself with a role that is defined in an environment, and acquires functions needed for collaborating with other agents that exist in the same environment. Distributed applications based on mobile agent systems, which may change their functions dynamically in order to adapt themselves to their external context, can be constructed by synthesizing environments dynamically.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings - International Symposium on Principles of Software Evolution, ISPSE 2000 |
| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
| Pages | 232-240 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 0769509061 |
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| Publication status | Published - Jan 1 2000 |
| Event | International Symposium on Principles of Software Evolution, ISPSE 2000 - Kanazawa, Japan Duration: Nov 1 2000 → Nov 2 2000 |
Publication series
| Name | International Workshop on Principles of Software Evolution (IWPSE) |
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| Volume | 2000-January |
Other
| Other | International Symposium on Principles of Software Evolution, ISPSE 2000 |
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| Country | Japan |
| City | Kanazawa |
| Period | 11/1/00 → 11/2/00 |
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All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Software
- Theoretical Computer Science
- Modelling and Simulation
- Computational Theory and Mathematics
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RoleEP : Role based evolutionary programming for cooperative mobile agent applications. / Ubayashi, Naoyasu; Tamai, Tetsuo.
Proceedings - International Symposium on Principles of Software Evolution, ISPSE 2000. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2000. p. 232-240 00913244 (International Workshop on Principles of Software Evolution (IWPSE); Vol. 2000-January).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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