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CAMA is a mobile agents middleware supporting rapid development of agent
systems for open and mobile environments. The middleware architecture
is shaped by the formal design methodology that is still under
development. Ultimately the CAMA middleware will support deployment of
agent systems designed using an integrated set of RODIN project tools and the
design methodology.
The current middleware version supports Linda-style communication primitives
along with the scoping mechanism and some other extensions. Agents
can be written in C or Java and a number of platforms are supported, including
PocketPC PDAs.
The following features and concepts are central to the CAMA middleware:
- Asymmetric architecture - lightweight clients
communicating through a dedicated
communication server
- Formal approach to interpretability
- Advanced fault-tolerance techniques
- Linda extensions
CAMA is being developed at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is a part of the RODIN project
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