REST-A: An Agent Virtual Machine Based on REST Framework

This article presents a framework based on agent concepts and REST architectural style. Based on this framework, an agent virtual machine along with its operational semantics are introduced. The idea is to consider agents' actions as manipulation of resources within environments using only a limited set of primitives. This makes both the agent abstract machine and its operational semantics easy to comprehend and the implementation straightforward. Finally, performances of our implementation are evaluated using a simple benchmark application.