This paper focuses on design issues to be faced when developing knowledge management (KM) applications based on the integratio of peer to peer and multiagent technologies. The reasons for using these technologies rest on the requirements posed by the specific KM paradigm that has been adopted, which emphasizes aspects such as autonomy and distribution of knowledge sources. We adopt an agent oriented approach that extends Tropos, a software engineering methodology introduced in earlier papers. We present a characterization of peer to peer in terms of a general architectural pattern, a set of design guidelines for peer to peer applications, and a framework that integrates multiagent and peer to-peer concepts and technologies
Designing Peer-to-Peer Applications: an Agent-Oriented Approach
Bertolini, Davide;Busetta, Paolo;Molani, Alessandra;Nori, Michele;Perini, Anna
2003-01-01
Abstract
This paper focuses on design issues to be faced when developing knowledge management (KM) applications based on the integratio of peer to peer and multiagent technologies. The reasons for using these technologies rest on the requirements posed by the specific KM paradigm that has been adopted, which emphasizes aspects such as autonomy and distribution of knowledge sources. We adopt an agent oriented approach that extends Tropos, a software engineering methodology introduced in earlier papers. We present a characterization of peer to peer in terms of a general architectural pattern, a set of design guidelines for peer to peer applications, and a framework that integrates multiagent and peer to-peer concepts and technologiesI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
