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What is the primary benefit of the OAA platform?
What is the primary benefit of the OAA platform?
- It enables the creation of programs from dynamic, virtual communities of services (correct)
- It offers a dedicated set of functionalities based on agent roles
- It offers advanced human-computer interaction capabilities
- It provides a common set of functionalities like installing local or remote triggers
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the distributed computing models mentioned in the text?
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the distributed computing models mentioned in the text?
- Control for using the component or service lies with a mediator
- Control for using the component or service lies with the requester/client
- Control for using the component or service lies with the provider/server
- Interactions among components are preconfigured (correct)
Which of the following is a characteristic of the Distributed Objects model?
Which of the following is a characteristic of the Distributed Objects model?
- The service is provided by a remote object through a registry that finds the object and mediates the request (correct)
- The service is provided by a local object through a registry that finds the object
- Control among components lies solely with the requesting object
- The service is provided by a remote object that is not mediated by a registry
What is the primary advantage of the CORBA distributed object technology?
What is the primary advantage of the CORBA distributed object technology?
What is the purpose of the Interface Definition Language (IDL) in the CORBA distributed object technology?
What is the purpose of the Interface Definition Language (IDL) in the CORBA distributed object technology?
Which of the following is NOT a distributed computing model mentioned in the text?
Which of the following is NOT a distributed computing model mentioned in the text?
What is the central idea behind the Open Agent Architecture?
What is the central idea behind the Open Agent Architecture?
Which feature of OAA allows agents to be created in multiple programming languages?
Which feature of OAA allows agents to be created in multiple programming languages?
What is the role of a facilitator agent in the OAA framework?
What is the role of a facilitator agent in the OAA framework?
Which technology can be used to run lightweight user interfaces in OAA?
Which technology can be used to run lightweight user interfaces in OAA?
What enables agents in OAA to cooperate or compete on tasks?
What enables agents in OAA to cooperate or compete on tasks?
Which term describes an inter-agent communication language common to all OAA agents?
Which term describes an inter-agent communication language common to all OAA agents?
