Using multi-coordination for the design of mobile agent interactions

This paper proposes a multi-coordination approach for the design of mobile agent interactions. The approach is founded on the multi-coordination concept, which is a synergic exploitation of multiple coordination models which best fit interaction requirements. In particular, the proposed approach is based on two steps: (i) candidate design solutions are defined through a procedure which allows to identify the most effective coordination models for a given mobile agent interaction scenario; (ii) the defined candidate design solutions are quantitatively evaluated through a discrete-event simulation framework which allows for an easy evaluation of mobile agent interaction scenarios in terms of ad-hoc defined performance indices.