Lee Ting-on. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 116-121). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Acknowledgments --- p.i / Abstract --- p.ii / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Roadmap to the Thesis --- p.5 / Chapter 2 --- Software Agents and Agent Frameworks --- p.7 / Chapter 2.1 --- Software Agent --- p.7 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Advantages of Agent --- p.10 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Roles of Agent --- p.11 / Chapter 2.2 --- Agent Frameworks --- p.13 / Chapter 2.3 --- Communication Services and Concepts --- p.15 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- Message Channel --- p.15 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- Remote Procedure Call --- p.16 / Chapter 2.3.3 --- Event Channel --- p.17 / Chapter 2.4 --- Component --- p.18 / Chapter 3 --- Related Work --- p.20 / Chapter 3.1 --- Collaboration Behaviors --- p.20 / Chapter 3.2 --- Direct Coordination --- p.22 / Chapter 3.3 --- Meeting-oriented Coordination --- p.23 / Chapter 3.4 --- Blackboard-based Coordination --- p.24 / Chapter 3.5 --- Linda-like Coordination --- p.25 / Chapter 3.6 --- Reactive Tuple Spaces --- p.26 / Chapter 4 --- Background and Foundations --- p.27 / Chapter 4.1 --- Choice of Technologies --- p.27 / Chapter 4.2 --- Jini Technology --- p.28 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- The Lookup Service --- p.29 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Proxy --- p.31 / Chapter 4.3 --- JavaSpaces --- p.32 / Chapter 4.4 --- Grasshopper Architecture --- p.33 / Chapter 5 --- The CoDAC Framework --- p.36 / Chapter 5.1 --- Requirements for Enabling Collaboration --- p.37 / Chapter 5.1.1 --- Consistent Group Membership --- p.37 / Chapter 5.1.2 --- Atomic Commitment --- p.39 / Chapter 5.1.3 --- Uniform Reliable Multicast --- p.40 / Chapter 5.1.4 --- Fault Tolerance --- p.40 / Chapter 5.2 --- System Components --- p.41 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Distributed Agent Adapter --- p.42 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- CollaborationCore --- p.44 / Chapter 5.3 --- System Infrastructure --- p.45 / Chapter 5.3.1 --- Agent --- p.45 / Chapter 5.3.2 --- Distributed Agent Manager --- p.46 / Chapter 5.3.3 --- Collaboration Manager --- p.46 / Chapter 5.3.4 --- Kernel --- p.46 / Chapter 5.4 --- Collaboration --- p.47 / Chapter 5.5.1 --- Global Collaboration --- p.48 / Chapter 5.5.2 --- Local Collaboration --- p.48 / Chapter 6 --- Collaboration Life Cycle --- p.50 / Chapter 6.1 --- Initialization --- p.50 / Chapter 6.2 --- Resouces Gathering --- p.53 / Chapter 6.3 --- Results Delivery --- p.54 / Chapter 7 --- Protocol Suite --- p.55 / Chapter 7.1 --- The Group Membership Protocol --- p.56 / Chapter 7.1.1 --- Join Protocol --- p.56 / Chapter 7.1.2 --- Leave Protocol --- p.57 / Chapter 7.1.3 --- Recovery Protocol --- p.59 / Chapter 7.1.4 --- Proof --- p.61 / Chapter 7.2 --- Atomic Commitment Protocol --- p.62 / Chapter 7.3 --- Uniform Reliable Multicast --- p.63 / Chapter Chapter 8 --- Implementation --- p.66 / Chapter 8.1 --- Interfaces and Classes --- p.66 / Chapter 8.1.1 --- The CoDACAdapterInterface --- p.66 / Chapter 8.1.2 --- The CoDACEventListener --- p.69 / Chapter 8.1.3 --- The DAAdapter --- p.71 / Chapter 8.1.4 --- The DAManager --- p.75 / Chapter 8.1.5 --- The CoDACInternalEventListener --- p.77 / Chapter 8.1.6 --- The CollaborationManager --- p.77 / Chapter 8.1.7 --- The CollaborationCore --- p.78 / Chapter 8.2 --- Messaging Mechanism --- p.79 / Chapter 8.3 --- Nested Transaction --- p.84 / Chapter 8.4 --- Fault Detection --- p.85 / Chapter 8.5 --- Atomic Commitment Protocol --- p.88 / Chapter 8.5.1 --- Message Flow --- p.89 / Chapter 8.5.2 --- Timeout Actions --- p.91 / Chapter Chapter 9 --- Example --- p.93 / Chapter 9.1 --- System Model --- p.93 / Chapter 9.2 --- Auction Lifecycle --- p.94 / Chapter 9.2.1 --- Initialization --- p.94 / Chapter 9.2.2 --- Resource Gathering --- p.98 / Chapter 9.2.3 --- Results Delivery --- p.100 / Chapter Chapter 10 --- Discussions --- p.104 / Chapter 10.1 --- Compatibility --- p.104 / Chapter 10.2 --- Hierarchical Group Infrastructure --- p.106 / Chapter 10.3 --- Flexibility --- p.107 / Chapter 10.4 --- Atomicity --- p.108 / Chapter 10.5 --- Fault Tolerance --- p.109 / Chapter Chapter 11 --- Conclusion and Future Work --- p.111 / Chapter 11.1 --- Conclusion --- p.111 / Chapter 11.2 --- Future Work --- p.112 / Chapter 11.2.1 --- Electronic Commerce --- p.112 / Chapter 11.2.2 --- Workflow Management --- p.114 / Bibliography --- p.116 / Publication List --- p.121
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_323206 |
| Date | January 2000 |
| Contributors | Lee, Ting-on., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Computer Science and Engineering. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English, Chinese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, xiii, 121 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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