Enrico Denti, Andrea Omicini, Vladimiro Toschi
António Porto, Gruia-Catalin Roman (eds.)
“Coordination Languages and Models”, pages 305-310
Lecture Notes in Computer Science 1906
Springer
2000
Internet-based multi-agent systems call for new metaphors, abstractions, methodologies and <em>enabling technologies</em> specifically tailored to agent-oriented engineering. While <em>coordination models</em> define the framework to manage the space of agent interaction, ruling social behaviours and accomplishing social tasks, their impact on system design and development calls for an effective <em>coordination technology</em>. This paper presents <abbr style='font-family: sans-serif'>LuCe</abbr>, a coordination technology that integrates Java, Prolog and the notion of <em>logic tuple centre</em>, a programmable coordination medium, into a coherent framework. The power of the <abbr style='font-family: sans-serif'>LuCe</abbr> coordination technology is first discussed in general, then shown in the context of a simple yet significant system: a TicTacToe game among intelligent software agents and human players on the Internet. |
4th International Conference (COORDINATION 2000), Limassol, Cyprus, 11-13 September 2000. Proceedings