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Agenda Management System: Supporting Heterogeneous Agent Communication
Eric McCall
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Hosted by Ian Foster
10:30 AM, July 2, 1999
Building 221, Room A-216
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| Abstract |
As software engineering efforts move to more complex, distributed
environments, coordinating the activities of people and tools becomes increasingly
important. While groupware systems address user level communication needs and distributed
computing technologies address tool level communication needs, few attempts have
been made to synthesize the common needs of both.
This talk presents a framework for generating agenda management systems (AMSs) from
specifications of application requirements and describes how such systems address
communication needs of heterogeneous agents. The framework supports a variety of
application requirements and produces a customized AMS that is based on replicated
distributed objects. The framework and generated AMS support evolution in several
ways, allowing existing systems to be extended as requirements change. Also
discussed are experiences using this approach and lessons learned, primarily from
use in supporting a process execution environment. |
