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This paper presents a middleware system for multi-agents on a distributed system as a general test-bed for bio-inspired approaches. The middleware is unique to other approaches, including distributed object systems, because it can maintain and migrate a dynamic federation of multiple agents on different computers. It enables each agent to explicitly define its own deployment policy as a relocation between the agent and another agent. This paper describes a prototype implementation of the middleware built on a Java-based mobile agent system and its practical applications that illustrates the utility and effectiveness of the approach in real distributed systems.
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Satoh, I. (2006). Bio-inspired Organization for Multi-agents on Distributed Systems. In: Ijspeert, A.J., Masuzawa, T., Kusumoto, S. (eds) Biologically Inspired Approaches to Advanced Information Technology. BioADIT 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3853. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11613022_30
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