近年來，代理人的名詞廣泛的被應用於網際網路上，代理人的使用帶給了網際網路上的使用者更為便利、更具人性化的使用環境。同時，PDA可以藉由與伺服主機資料同步(synchronize)提供使用者所需要的個人資訊，讓使用者可以將資訊帶著走。本研究根據代理人的技術以及代理人的特性，結合PDA提供一個架構發展多重代理人系統，此架構提供一個媒介讓使用者可以透過PDA來和網際網路上的代理人做溝通並加以控制。我們採用在協調機制上支援較為完善的Jini來協調各種不同類型(type)代理人間的溝通，代理人類型包含服務代理人、工作代理人、個人代理人。

Recently, there are many kinds of agent systems in the Internet. The usage of agents brings all users a more convenient environment. Meanwhile, PDA can help users organize his/her personal information through synchronization. This thesis combines agents technology with PDA to support a framework to facilitate the development of agent-based software systems. The framework offers a vehicle for users to communicate and control the agents by a PDA. Jini is adopted as a coordination mechanism for the communication among different types of agent: service agent, task agent, and personal agent.

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