Agent Technology for Communication Infrastructures
Hayzelden, Alex L. G. (Queen Mary, University of London, UK) / Bourne, Rachel A. (Queen Mary, University of London, UK)
Communications systems continue to grow: physically and in terms of the services offered by the providers. Consequently there is a need for more sophisticated software systems. Agent-based computing, and in particular research into multi-agent systems, is leading the way in the development of techniques to address the variety of needs associated with these new technologies: for example, languages and protocols for communication, frameworks for...