@article{jamali:actors,
    author = {Nadeem Jamali and Prasannaa Thati and Gul Agha},
    title = {An Actor-Based Architecture for Customizing and Controlling Agent
Ensembles},
    journal = {IEEE Intelligent Systems and Applications},
    year = {1999},
    month = {March/April},
    volume = {14},
    number = {2},
    pages = {38--44},
    url = {http://computer.org/intelligent/ex1999/x2038abs.htm},
    keyword = {agent, mobile agent, agent theory},
    abstract = {Coordinating agent behavior in agent ensembles is a key challenge
for distributed AI. The authors describe a programming model that supports
multiagent ensembles, and they present their Java-based prototype system,
AgentFoundry.}
}