Intelligent Agent Integration Technology

Abstract : The major areas of research described in this report include the contribution to the Knowledge Query and Manipulation Language (KQML) specification under the DARPA- sponsored Knowledge Sharing Initiative and the developing of a scaleable and an efficient implementation of information system components for ontological translation and effective cache-based implementations. This effort focused primarily upon developing Intelligent Agent Integration Technology and demonstrating it within distributed agent systems. This effort was a joint university/industry project in which technology development was supported by several university participants. The integration technology developed is based on KQML, a language and protocol intended to support interoperability among intelligent agents in a distributed application. The technical scope is the coordination of multiple "intelligent agents" which must communicate with one another. This report presents the basic accomplishments achieved which include: software systems and associated documentation for communication among multi-agent systems using the Knowledge Query and Manipulation Language (KQML); performance metrics and instrumentation for intelligent agent communication and Imowledge base access to databases which highlight performance issues, aspects and potential improvements for large-scale architectures; and study of ontological mediation issues and research.