Scale-up and performance studies of three agent platforms

Burbeck, K.; Garpe, D.; Nadjm-Tehrani, S.

doi:10.1109/pccc.2004.1301209

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“…A comparison study of four different Java-based multiagent platforms [26] shows that Jade provides the most efficient messaging service, whereas ZEUS [11] would be the worst one. Another comparative evaluation of three multiagent platforms [8], that again focuses on the messaging service, also concludes that Jade provides the best performance because it is built on Java RMI.…”

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Characterization of the Jason Multiagent Platform on Multicore Processors

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Grimaldo

Lozano

et al. 2014

Scientific Programming

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Multiagent platforms need to be evaluated focusing on the underlying computer architecture in order to allow developers to exploit the parallelism available in multicore processors. This paper presents the characterization of Jason, a well-known Java-based multiagent platform, when executed on distributed shared memory architectures. Since this kind of architecture is already present in current multicore processors, this should be the first step for the characterization of this platform on distributed systems. To this end, we propose the execution of a set of benchmarks recently proposed for evaluating multiagent platforms. The results obtained show that Jason can be used to program CPU-intensive multiagent applications without loosing the Java scalability over multicore processors. Though, Jason's performance for communication-intensive applications depends on the traffic pattern generated by the agents, the layout of the cores and the selected execution mode (i.e. synchronous or asynchronous).

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“…During the last years, a lot of work has focused on testing the performance of existing multiagent platforms [1,8,9,12,20,24,26]. One of the main performance metrics considered has been the response time (i.e.…”

Section: Related Workmentioning

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Characterization of the Jason Multiagent Platform on Multicore Processors

Pérez-Carro

Grimaldo

Lozano

et al. 2014

Scientific Programming

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“…The Java Agent Development Framework (JADE) [ 24 ] agent platform is compliant with international Foundation for Intelligent Physical Agents (FIPA) [ 25 ] standards [ 26 , 27 ], and is thus used here as the foundation for building the IMAIS platform. In other words, the IMAIS agent environment, communication framework, and architecture are designed following the JADE specification.…”

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A Mobile Multi-Agent Information System for Ubiquitous Fetal Monitoring

Chu

2014

IJERPH

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Electronic fetal monitoring (EFM) systems integrate many previously separate clinical activities related to fetal monitoring. Promoting the use of ubiquitous fetal monitoring services with real time status assessments requires a robust information platform equipped with an automatic diagnosis engine. This paper presents the design and development of a mobile multi-agent platform-based open information systems (IMAIS) with an automated diagnosis engine to support intensive and distributed ubiquitous fetal monitoring. The automatic diagnosis engine that we developed is capable of analyzing data in both traditional paper-based and digital formats. Issues related to interoperability, scalability, and openness in heterogeneous e-health environments are addressed through the adoption of a FIPA2000 standard compliant agent development platform—the Java Agent Development Environment (JADE). Integrating the IMAIS with light-weight, portable fetal monitor devices allows for continuous long-term monitoring without interfering with a patient’s everyday activities and without restricting her mobility. The system architecture can be also applied to vast monitoring scenarios such as elder care and vital sign monitoring.

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“…Although JXTA is the most advanced P2P library currently available and is in general considered to be a good choice for implementing distributed computing platforms [46], performance studies have revealed weaknesses in the Java™ implementation of the version 2.0 protocol specification. That includes pipe latency and throughput for small messages [51], reliability of TCP connections [52], as well as rendezvous network stability [53] and convergence [54]. Apart from the fact that these shortcomings, which may be specific to the reference implementation, exist, the overall JXTA design is not optimized for P2P Grid Computing.…”

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Orbweb—A Network Substrate for Peer-to-Peer Desktop Grid Computing Based on Open Standards

2009

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While Desktop Grid Computing has become a promising alternative to classical Grids for certain kinds of applications, it has not yet reached the same level of standardization. In this article, we present Orbweb, a network substrate for Peer-to-Peer Desktop Grid Computing based on the open industrial-strength eXtensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP). We discuss, how XMPP can be leveraged to tackle domain-specific challenges, including high scalability, support for volatility, NAT/Firewall traversal, and protocol efficiency. Where XMPP fails to meet these requirements, we contribute pertinent extensions. In particular, we boost the scalability of XMPP by taking load of the XMPP servers through dynamically negotiated direct Peer-to-Peer communication channels between XMPP peers. We pave the way for scalable group membership management by substituting the existing XMPP MultiUser Chat protocol for one that does not suffer from limitations imposed by an »everyone knows everyone« visibility model and allows for deploying custom virtual topologies that best match the interaction patterns of a given application. As efficient multicasting is an essential prerequisite for many distributed algorithms, we adapt the well-known Bimodal Multicast protocol to work in a highly volatile Peer-to-Peer Desktop Grid Computing environment. Finally, we show how to improve the protocol efficiency of XMPP by leveraging a standardized binary encoding of the XML Information Set for XMPP packet transmission. To substantiate the applicability of our approach and the effectiveness of our extensions, we describe how some important higher-level services used in Peer-to-Peer Desktop Grid Computing can be implemented on top of Orbweb and provide a detailed experimental analysis with up to 10K nodes.

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Scale-up and performance studies of three agent platforms

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Characterization of the Jason Multiagent Platform on Multicore Processors

Characterization of the Jason Multiagent Platform on Multicore Processors

A Mobile Multi-Agent Information System for Ubiquitous Fetal Monitoring

Orbweb—A Network Substrate for Peer-to-Peer Desktop Grid Computing Based on Open Standards

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