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1、IEEEIntegrationofKnowledgeIntensiveMulti-AgentSystems(KIMAS-05),Waltham,MA,April18-21,2005E2AgentPluginArchitectureMinhVuandCraigThompsonComputerScienceandComputerEngineeringDepartmentUniversityofArkansas,Fayetteville,AR72701,USA{mvu,cwt}@uark.eduIEEEIntegrationofKnowledge

2、IntensiveMulti-AgentSystems(KIMAS-05),Waltham,MA,April18-21,2005Abstract–E2isaplugin-based,service-orientedmiddlewarearchitecture.E2extendsthepopularEclipseplatform’sideaofbuildingasoftwaresystementirelyanddynamicallyfromXML-interfacedplugins,addsthefeaturetoremoveandrepla

3、cepluginsonthefly,administersthepluginconnectionprocess,andprovidesamessagetransportpluginfordistributedinter-E2systemcommunication.E2introducesagenericuserinterfacepluginthatseparatesuserinterfacesandapplicationfunctionality.Withtheseextensions,E2extendsthepluginconcept,w

4、ithitssuccessonthedesktop,tothebroaderareasofdistributedmiddlewareandmulti-agentsystems.E2retainscompatibilitywithEclipsesothatitcanreuseEclipsepluginsbutalso,viaanextensibleinterpretercapability,addscompatibilitywithWebServicesandWSDL.ThispaperdescribestheE2platform,imple

5、mentedinJava,beingusedtodeveloptheEverythingisAliveagentsystem.1.MotivationandBackgroundForsomeyears,wehavebeendevelopingavisionofpervasivecomputingthatwillrelyonagents.EverythingisAlive(EiA)isavisionofthecomingInternetofThingswherecomputingispervasiveandeverythingisalive—

6、thatis,aworldwherecommonobjects,includinginanimateandabstractones,canhaveindividualidentities,memory,processingcapabilities,andtheabilitytocommunicate,sense,monitor,andcontroltheirownbehaviors[1].OurearlierworkonagentsystemarchitecturesresultedintheEgentssystem[2],devel

7、opedaspartoftheDARPAControlofAgent-basedSystemsProgram,andtheSmallUnitOperations(SUO)agentsystem[3,4]developedforRomeLabs.EgentsdemonstratedXML-basedmessageformatsandascalablemessagetransportbasedonemail.SUOaddedagentontologies,agentsimulations,andtheabilitytosendaroleassi

8、gnmenttogenericagentstospecializethemtobecomerangers,sensors,robots,etc.Externally,Egents