System Name: Bond
Current Version: release Nov.99
Organization: Computer Sciences Dept.,Purdue University
Entry status: authoritative
Supported platforms:
all (Java)
Supported languages:
Java and Python, Jess using embedded languages
Implemented standards:
Type of migration:
weak
How many threads or processes are possible per agent? any
Local communication mechanisms and format of data:
KQML and XML based messaging
Global communication mechanisms:
KQML and XML based messaging
How the communication partner can be addressed:
shadows (extended proxies )
Resource access control mechanism:
various policies through preemptive probes
Agent tracking:
Directory of services:
local+global
Type of code migration:
Other special features:
-trimming of agents
-agent surgery
-splitting and joining ag
Availability:
source code
License terms:
GNU LGPL
Article that describe the current system best:
A Multi-Plane State Machine Agent Framework
Ladislau Bölöni and Dan C.Marinescu, CSD-TR#99-027, September 99
http://bond.cs.purdue.edu/papers/Multiplan.ps
Year of first publication of systems description: 1998
Project URL: http://bond.cs.purdue.edu
Contacts Email Address: boloni@cs.purdue.edu
Last modification date of this entry: Wed Dec 1 18:03:20 MET 1999