Tracking agent for communication between multiple cooperative agents

In recent years, attention was drawn to mobile agents that perform assigned tasks while moving around the network. Mobile agents can efficiently use n etwork resources by moving around the network in a dynamic manner. In this paper, we propose a novel arrangement for interagent communications require d for the cooperation between multiple mobile agents performing the same ta sk. In order to support communication between multiple mobile agents, a so- called tracking agent is used that implements a seamless interagent communi cation so that the agents do not have to know their mutual positions and mo vement details. It is expected that due to mobility of the tracking agent, it will be possible to reduce delays in message transmission in the case of localized mobile agents. (C) 2001 Scripta Technica, Electron Comm Jpn Pt 1 , 84(5): 11-20, 2001.