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Each agent is specialized for a particular task, to ensure loose coupling between
agents, thus loading only those agents which are necessary to this Edge
Controller assigned role.
Because the MicroBroker agents are loosely coupled, they are optional when no
other agent relies on their output. For example, all the devices and RFID reader
related agents might not be defined when the corresponding hardware that they
are driving is not present in the solution platform.
4.4.2 Operations overview
In this section, we discuss all of the major integration points and how they are
connected to each other.