Agent Protocols for Peer-To-Peer Architectures
Walton, Dr Christopher (2005) Agent Protocols for Peer-To-Peer Architectures. The Third European Workshop on Multi-Agent Systems (EUMAS 2005), Brussels, Belgium.
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In this paper we present a technique which enables agents to participate in peer-to-peer (P2P) systems, such as file-sharing networks. Our technique is founded on the definition of lightweight protocols which specify the interactions required by the agent for a specific P2P network. The protocols that we define are executable specifications and can be directly implemented and independently verified. We present a definition of our MAP language for expressing protocols, and show how it can be used to enable participation in a simple P2P file-sharing system.
| Keywords: | peer to peer, multi agent systems, agent protocols |
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| Subjects: | Status > AKT Submitted |
| ID Code: | 445 |
| Deposited By: | Walton, Dr Chris |
| Deposited On: | 16 March 2006 |
| Alternative Locations: | http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/cdw/papers/eumas05/p2pmap.pdf |
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