TY - JOUR
T1 - A logic based language for networked agents
AU - Xu, Dianxiang
AU - Zheng, Guoliang
AU - Fan, Xiaocong
N1 - Funding Information:
The author would like to thank Mr Guanling Chen, Mr Haijiang Qi for their efforts to implement the experimental system, and Dr Xiaocong Fan for his comments. The author is also grateful to Prof. Martin Shepperd and the referees for their useful comments and suggestions. The work has been supported by the Youth Foundation of National Hi-tech Research and Development Plan (863-306-02-06-4) and National Natural Science Foundation grant (69605003).
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PY - 1998/8/25
Y1 - 1998/8/25
N2 - This paper presents a logic based language, SAFIN, for developing networked software agents. It integrates agent-oriented programming, KQML and basic mobile techniques to support intelligent behaviors, software interoperatablity and code transportability. As prototype based logic objects, agents are composed of network connections, knowledge bases (facts and beliefs), databases, behaviors, constraints, services, goals and KQML performatives. An approach to non-monotonic inheritance with both predicate level and clause level knowledge reuse is proposed and formally defined. Multi-level components and the interfaces to FTP services and relational database systems are also provided for developing specific distributed agents.
AB - This paper presents a logic based language, SAFIN, for developing networked software agents. It integrates agent-oriented programming, KQML and basic mobile techniques to support intelligent behaviors, software interoperatablity and code transportability. As prototype based logic objects, agents are composed of network connections, knowledge bases (facts and beliefs), databases, behaviors, constraints, services, goals and KQML performatives. An approach to non-monotonic inheritance with both predicate level and clause level knowledge reuse is proposed and formally defined. Multi-level components and the interfaces to FTP services and relational database systems are also provided for developing specific distributed agents.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0950-5849(98)00061-5
DO - 10.1016/S0950-5849(98)00061-5
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0032138880
SN - 0950-5849
VL - 40
SP - 435
EP - 442
JO - Information and Software Technology
JF - Information and Software Technology
IS - 8
ER -