Apparatus and method for executing agent

1. A method for processing a one-directional message transmitted by a currently running agent for an agent transaction context (ATC), the ATC configured to process a transaction utilizing any of a plurality of active agents in a multiagent system using a computing device comprising:

causing the computing device to determine whether a destination agent designated as a destination for the one-directional message is present in an agent list corresponding with the ATC, wherein the agent list includes the plurality of active agents required for executing a plurality of threads; and

if the destination agent is present in the agent list, storing the one-directional message in an intramessage queue, wherein the intra-transaction message queue corresponds with the ATC and is configured to store a plurality of one-directional messages, and wherein the plurality of one-directional messages are associated with the transaction.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

if the destination agent is not present in the agent list, determining whether the destination agent is present in an agent cache;

if the destination agent is not present in the agent cache, adding the destination agent to the agent cache and updating a status of the destination agent to indicate the destination agent is processing; and

if the destination agent is present in the agent cache, updating a status of the destination agent to indicate the destination agent is processing.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

adding the destination agent to the agent list; and

storing the one-directional message in the intras-transaction message queue.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the agent cache is stored on a semiconductor memory.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein adding the destination agent to the agent cache further comprises reading the destination agent from a database into the agent cache.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein reading the destination agent from a database into the agent cache is performed by a memory control section.

7. The method of claim 2 , wherein updating status of the destination agent is performed by an agent control section.

8. The method of claim 3 , wherein adding the destination agent to the agent list is performed by an ATC control section.

9. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

if currcurrent parallel processing of an agent is not permitted and the destination agent is participating in another transaction, waiting until a current status is released to assign the status to the destination agent.

10. A method for processing a one-directional message transmitted by a currently running agent for an agent transaction context (ATC), the ATC configured to process a transaction utilizing any of a plurality of active agents in a multiagent system using a computing device comprising:

causing the computing device to determine whether a destination agent designated as a destination for the one-directional message is present in an agent list corresponding with the ATC, wherein the agent list includes the plurality of active agents required for executing a plurality of threads;

if the destination agent is not present in the agent list, determining whether the destination agent is present in an agent cache;

if the destination agent is not present in the agent cache, adding the destination agent to the agent cache and updating a status of the destination agent to indicate the destination agent is processing; and

if the destination agent is present in the agent cache, updating a status of the destination agent to indicate the destination agent is processing.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

if the destination agent is present in the agent list, storing the one-directional message in an intramessage queue, wherein the intra-transaction message queue corresponds with the ATC and is configured to store a plurality of one-directional messages, and wherein the plurality of one-directional messages are associated with the transaction.

12. A computing device program product for processing a one-directional message transmitted by a currently running agent for an agent transaction context (ATC), the ATC configured to process a transaction utilizing any of a plurality of active agents in a multiagent system using a computing device comprising:

a non-transitory computer readable medium;

first programmatic instructions for causing the computing device to determine whether a destination agent designated as a destination for the one-directional message is present in an agent list corresponding with the ATC, wherein the agent list includes the plurality of active agents required for executing a plurality of threads; and

if the destination agent is present in the agent list, second programmatic instructions for storing the one-directional message in an intramessage queue, wherein the intra-transaction message queue corresponds with the ATC and is configured to store a plurality of one-directional messages, and wherein the plurality of one-directional messages are associated with the transaction.

13. The computing device program product of claim 12 , further comprising:

if the destination agent is not present in the agent list, third programmatic instructions for determining whether the destination agent is present in an agent cache;

if the destination agent is not present in the agent cache, fourth programmatic instructions for adding the destination agent to the agent cache and updating a status of the destination agent to indicate the destination agent is processing; and

if the destination agent is present in the agent cache, fifth programmatic instructions for updating a status of the destination agent to indicate the destination agent is processing.

14. The computing device program product of claim 13 , further comprising:

sixth programmatic instructions for adding the destination agent to the agent list; and

seventh programmatic instructions for storing the one-directional message in the intras- transaction message queue.

15. The computing device program product of claim 13 , wherein the agent cache is stored on a semiconductor memory.

16. The computing device program product of claim 13 , wherein sixth programmatic instructions for adding the destination agent to the agent cache further comprises reading the destination agent from a database into the agent cache.

17. The computing device program product of claim 16 , wherein reading the destination agent from a database into the agent cache is performed by a memory control section.

18. The computing device program product of claim 13 , wherein fifth programmatic instructions for updating status of the destination agent is performed by an agent control section.

19. The computing device program product of claim 14 , wherein sixth programmatic instructions for adding the destination agent to the agent list is performed by an ATC control section.

20. The computing device program product of claim 13 , further comprising:

if currcurrent parallel processing of an agent is not permitted and the destination agent is participating in another transaction, seventh programmatic instructions for waiting until a current status is released to assign the status to the destination agent.