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Title:
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ASPECT-BASED MULTIAGENT SYSTEMS OBSERVATION FOR PERFORMANCE EVALUATION |
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Author(s):
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Faten Ben Hmida , Wided Lejouad Chaari , Moncef Tagina |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8924-60-7 |
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Editors:
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António Palma dos Reis |
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Year:
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2008 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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MultiAgent Systems, Performance Evaluation, Observation, Aspect Oriented Programming |
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Type:
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Short Paper |
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First Page:
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172 |
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Last Page:
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176 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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Although the multiagent technology is being more and more used in various application domains, it is still suffering from
lacks related especially to performance issues. In order to analyse a MultiAgent Systems performance, we need to
observe its behaviour so that to be able to measure its main behavioural characteristics such as communication,
autonomy, adaptation, etc. Thus observation in MAS should clearly address the nature of the needed information and the
manner it should be observed. In this paper, a general approach to observe multiagent applications is proposed for a
performance evaluation purpose. The solution is based on Aspect Oriented Programming which is a new technology of
Software Engineering allowing a better modularization and reutilisation of programs. Observation is performed through
an aspect-based layer which detects and traces significant events in the observed MASs execution. |
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