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Flexible Infrastructure for Virtual Enterprises
Abstract
In recent papers we studied the use of a mobile agent framework to support the primary process in a Virtual Enterprise. We argued that the installation of standard software modules, called service bridges or docks, at the participant enterprises provides a suitable infrastructure for the use of mobile agents. The deployment of mobile software agents using such modules has been studied in applications such as networked electronic trading and mediation of negotiations. The emphasis in these applications lies on demonstrating the potential of mobile agents for the support of complex decision problems. As such they focus on the agent — agent interaction. In this paper we study the agent — system interaction. We will discuss a number of change cases and examine their impact on the requirements on the agent — agent and on the agent — system interaction arising from the need for flexibility.
Keywords
Virtual Enterprise Infrastructure Flexibility Mobile AgentsReferences
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