Abstract:

In view of the challenges in the software coordination over the open network environment, an agentbased dynamic coordination model is proposed. Software agents are employed as encapsulations for the traditional software components and services, which enables the coordination logic to be reinterpreted dynamically and autonomously justintime. The concrete interactions between agents can also be multimoded to accommodate the possible heterogeneity among the coordination particapators. The corresponding supporting platform ArtemisCOOR is also introduced, which is featured in its "nonintrusive" intercepting technique, multimode interaction mechanism and the software architecturebased system envolution. We also give a demonstrative application of a hydrographic information system  to show the feasibility and effectivity of this work to meet the initial challenges.

Key words: dynamic coordination, software agent, software architecture, multimode interaction