BESA: Behavior-oriented, event-driven and social-based agent framework

Enrique González; Jamir Avila; César Bustacara

BESA: Behavior-oriented, event-driven and social-based agent framework

Enrique González, Jamir Avila, César Bustacara

Department of Systems Engineering

Universidad Javeriana

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Abstract

This paper presents the BESA framework, which is intended to provide a flexible model that supports the design and implementation of MultiAgent Systems (MAS). The abstract model of BESA is based in three fundamental concepts; an event-driven control approach implementing a select like mechanism, a modular behavior-oriented agent architecture, and a social-based support for cooperation between agents. The fusion of these concepts into a parallel architecture is the main innovation of BESA. The BESA architecture is composed of three levels: agent level, social level and system level. The internal architecture of an agent integrates two important features: a modular composition of behaviors and an event selector mechanism. In the BESA abstract model, intermediate levels of abstraction are incorporated allowing to define and handle hierarchical organizations. An agent system implemented using the BESA architecture is seen as a distributed system composed of one or several BESA-containers. The main components of the BESA framework have been implemented using the Java language; its correct operation has been proven by building a multi-robot simulator.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications, PDPTA 2003
Editors	H.R. Arabnia, Y. Mun, H.R. Arabnia, Y. Mun
Pages	1033-1039
Number of pages	7
State	Published - 2003
Event	Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications - Las Vegas, NV, United States Duration: 23 Jun 2003 → 26 Jun 2003

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications
Volume	3

Conference

Conference	Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications
Country/Territory	United States
City	Las Vegas, NV
Period	23/06/03 → 26/06/03

Keywords

Agents framework
Intelligent agents
MultiAgent systems
Parallel architecture

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González, E., Avila, J., & Bustacara, C. (2003). BESA: Behavior-oriented, event-driven and social-based agent framework. In H. R. Arabnia, Y. Mun, H. R. Arabnia, & Y. Mun (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications, PDPTA 2003 (pp. 1033-1039). (Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications; Vol. 3).

González, Enrique ; Avila, Jamir ; Bustacara, César. / BESA : Behavior-oriented, event-driven and social-based agent framework. Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications, PDPTA 2003. editor / H.R. Arabnia ; Y. Mun ; H.R. Arabnia ; Y. Mun. 2003. pp. 1033-1039 (Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications).

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González, E, Avila, J & Bustacara, C 2003, BESA: Behavior-oriented, event-driven and social-based agent framework. in HR Arabnia, Y Mun, HR Arabnia & Y Mun (eds), Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications, PDPTA 2003. Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications, vol. 3, pp. 1033-1039, Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications, Las Vegas, NV, United States, 23/06/03.

BESA: Behavior-oriented, event-driven and social-based agent framework. / González, Enrique; Avila, Jamir; Bustacara, César.
Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications, PDPTA 2003. ed. / H.R. Arabnia; Y. Mun; H.R. Arabnia; Y. Mun. 2003. p. 1033-1039 (Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications; Vol. 3).

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González E, Avila J, Bustacara C. BESA: Behavior-oriented, event-driven and social-based agent framework. In Arabnia HR, Mun Y, Arabnia HR, Mun Y, editors, Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications, PDPTA 2003. 2003. p. 1033-1039. (Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications).

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