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Scholars Journal of Engineering and Technology | Volume-2 | Issue-02
A Review of Agent Based Interoperability Frameworks and Interoperability Assessment Models
Elyjoy Micheni, Geoffrey Muchiri Muketha, Leonard Wamocho
Published: Feb. 28, 2014 |
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DOI: 10.36347/sjet
Pages: 291-300
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Abstract
In a heterogeneous world, concurrent distributed development has led to many types of multi-agent systems
that offer diverse functionality in agents as different types of platforms are not in a position to interoperate. Agents from
different platforms are likely to use different types of messages or message formats and the interpretation is likely to
differ. The main driver for interoperability is partly the customer who strives for universality when accessing multiple
services, and partly producers who often need to act in fast to obtain a sustainable customer base. Implementations of
agent systems differ greatly in architecture thereby negatively affecting interoperability, system diversity, rapid
proliferation of agent technology, and advancement of the industry. In order to standardize some aspects of agent
technology, considerable research has been conducted in the area of interoperability of agent technologies. Hence, it
would be interesting to find out what agent systems interoperability frameworks have been proposed in the last few
years. It would also be interesting to find out what interoperability assessment models exist. To address these issues, this
paper presents the findings of a comprehensive literature review conducted with the aim of establishing existing agent
based interoperability frameworks and interoperability assessment models.