Taming heterogeneous agent architectures

Several types of agent architectures are present in the software architecture that might be developed in a way that meets the strict modern requirement of evolvability, reusability and dynamic reconfigurability. The internal architecture of single agents encompasses multiple properties, which include autonomy, interaction, adaptation, collaboration, learning, and mobility. Agent based applications require an flexible architectural approach to support adjustable composition of agent concerns and construction of heterogeneous agent architecture according to the demand of architecture. This flexibility requirement is even more powerful in open agent based system due to their adaptive and open nature. The degree of autonomy and learning strategies may also need to be adapted or disabled according to dynamic execution contexts. The use of aspect-oriented techniques seems a better step forward to allow the construction of more flexible agent architectures.