1. OAA PHILOSOPHY
Overview
What is an "Agent" in
OAA?
OAA
vs. JINI, CORBA, KQML
Delegated Computing
2. ICL COMMUNICATION
Introduction
ICL Syntax
Unification
Producing ICL Messages
Parsing ICL Messages
Tricks and Traps
3. WRITING AGENTS
Introduction
Publishing Capabilities
Writing handlers for Capabilities
Tasking the Agent Community
Data Management
OAA Triggers
A Sample Agent
NL & ICL Interfaces
MultiAgent Communication
4. RUNNING OAA APPS
Starting a Facilitator Agent
Starting Individual Agents
Starting an Agent Community
Tracing/Debugging a Community