Architectural design of a multi-agent system for handling metadata streams.

We have designed a multi-agent architecture to deliver meta-data streams synchronously with multimedia streams over a wide-area network. To this end, we have devised a simple protocol for synchronising agents to a media clock. This protocol defines the concept of a deadline, after which servers can...

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Main Authors: Cruickshank, D, Moreau, L, Roure, D
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2001