HYBRID AGENT & COMPONENT-BASED MANAGEMENT OF BACKCHANNELS

M. Dragone, G. M. P. O’Hare, D. Lillis, R. W. Collier

2009

Abstract

This paper describes the use of the SoSAA software framework to implement the hybrid management of communication channels (backchannels) across a distributed software system. SoSAA is a new integrated architectural solution enabling context-aware, open and adaptive software while preserving system modularity and promoting the re-use of existing component-based and agent-oriented frameworks and associated methodologies. In particular, we show how SoSAA can be used to orchestrate the adoption of network adapter components to bind functional components that are distributed across different component contexts. Both the performance of the different computational nodes involved and the efficiencies and faults in the underlying transport layers are taken into account when deciding which transport mechanisms to use.

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in Harvard Style

Dragone M., M. P. O’Hare G., Lillis D. and W. Collier R. (2009). HYBRID AGENT & COMPONENT-BASED MANAGEMENT OF BACKCHANNELS . In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Software and Data Technologies - Volume 2: ICSOFT, ISBN 978-989-674-010-8, pages 153-158. DOI: 10.5220/0002259901530158


in Bibtex Style

@conference{icsoft09,
author={M. Dragone and G. M. P. O’Hare and D. Lillis and R. W. Collier},
title={HYBRID AGENT & COMPONENT-BASED MANAGEMENT OF BACKCHANNELS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Software and Data Technologies - Volume 2: ICSOFT,},
year={2009},
pages={153-158},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002259901530158},
isbn={978-989-674-010-8},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Software and Data Technologies - Volume 2: ICSOFT,
TI - HYBRID AGENT & COMPONENT-BASED MANAGEMENT OF BACKCHANNELS
SN - 978-989-674-010-8
AU - Dragone M.
AU - M. P. O’Hare G.
AU - Lillis D.
AU - W. Collier R.
PY - 2009
SP - 153
EP - 158
DO - 10.5220/0002259901530158