A Framework for Integrating Heterogeneous Agent Communication Platforms

Abstract

When developing multi-agent systems, the initial choice of deployment platform has a long-term impact on the project, as it many times restricts the architecture of agents, the communication protocols used, and the available services. The goal of this paper is to present the architecture of tATAmI-2.5, a framework that is able to integrate agents deployed using different environments, and communicating using different communication platforms. This framework is based on the tATAmI-2 agent development and deployment framework, which allows agents to be deployed on various communication platforms without modifying the agent code. The details of the proposed architecture are presented, including insights into the bootstrap process and the routing of messages.