Research and development organizations are constantly evaluating new technologies in order to implement the next generation of advanced applications. At Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, agent technologies are perceived as an approach that can provide a competitive advantage in the construction of highly sophisticated software systems in a range of application areas. To determine the sophistication, utility, perforamance, and other critical aspects of such systems, a project was instigated to evaluate three candidate agent toolkits. This paper reports on the outcomes of this evaluation, the knowledge accumulated from carrying out this project, and provides insights into the capabilities of the agent technologies evaluated.
Revised: June 23, 2004 |
Published: May 3, 2003
Citation
Gorton I., J.N. Haack, D.R. Mcgee, A.J. Cowell, O.A. Kuchar, and J.R. Thomson. 2003.Evaluating Agent Architectures: Cougaar, Aglets and AAA. In Software Engineering for Multi-Agent Systems II : Research Issues and Practical Applications / 2nd International Workshop on Software Engineering for Large-Scale Multi-Agent Systems (SELMAS 2003) held May 2003, Portland, Or. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, edited by Carlos Lucena Alessandro Garcia Alexander Romanovsky, et al, 2940, 264-278. New York, New York:Springer. PNWD-SA-5840.