Software:Comparison of platforms for software agents
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There several platforms for software agents or also agent development toolkits, which can facilitate the development of multi-agent systems.[1][2][3] Hereby, software agents are implemented as independent threads which communicate with each other using agent communication languages. Below is a chart intended to capture many of the features that are important to such platforms.
Comparison of platforms
| Platform | Description | License | Communication | Interoperability | Migration mechanism | GUI | Last Update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cougaar | Multi-agent systems; highly distributed, scalable, reliable, survivable applications; Domain independent; large scale distributed, complex, data intensive (can be configured for small-scaled embedded applications) | Cougaar[4] Open Source License (COSL)[lower-alpha 1] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2012 [5] | |
| JACK | A framework in Java for multi-agent system development | Proprietary | Unknown | FIPA JACK | Unknown | Unknown | 2006-05-18 [6] |
| JADE[7] | Distributed applications composed of autonomous entities | GNU LGPL version 2; | Asynchronous | FIPA | RMI | Yes | August 15, 2021[8] |
| SARL | Distributed applications composed of autonomous entities | Apache version 2 | Event-based | Unknown | Unknown | Only in demo project | 2024-11-06 (Version 0.14.0)[9] |
| IBM Agent Builder | Distributed applications composed of autonomous entities | Open source | Synchronous and asynchronous | MASIF | SOCKET | Partial | 2021-05-11 [10] |
| ZEUS | A toolkit for building distributed multiagent systems | Open source | Asynchronous | FIPA | No | Yes | Unknown [11] |
Notes
- ↑ A modified version of the OSI approved BSD License
References
- ↑ Chawla, Jaspreet; Ahlawat, Anil Kr (2021). "Resolving Interoperability Issues of Date with Null Value and Collection of Complex Data Types by Using JADE-WSIG Framework" (in English). Webology 18 (1): 263–284. ISSN 1943-023X. https://www.webology.org/abstract.php?id=448.
- ↑ Singh, Aarti; Juneja, Dimple; Sharma, A. K. (25 November 2011). "Agent Development Toolkits". arXiv:1111.5930 [cs.MA].
- ↑ Nguyen, G.. "AGENT PLATFORM EVALUATION AND COMPARISON". Rapport technique, Institute of Informatics, Bratislava, Slovakia. http://ups.savba.sk/parcom/publications/agents/TR-2002-06.pdf.
- ↑ Cougaar Software Inc.; Vienna, Virginia, USA.
- ↑ "Cougaar | Cougaar Agent Architecture Open-Source site". http://cougaar.org/.
- ↑ "Downloads". https://aosgrp.com.au/downloads/#.
- ↑ "About JADE". https://jade-project.gitlab.io/page/about/.
- ↑ "Releases · jade / Jade · GitLab". https://gitlab.com/jade-project/jade/-/releases.
- ↑ "SARL News and Events". http://www.sarl.io/news/index.html.
- ↑ "Agent Builder". https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-management/2.0.0?topic=monitoring-agent-builder.
- ↑ Nwana, Hyacinth S.; Ndumu, Divine T.; Lee, Lyndon C.; Collis, Jaron C. (January 1999). "Zeus: A toolkit for building distributed multiagent systems" (in en). Applied Artificial Intelligence 13 (1–2): 129–185. doi:10.1080/088395199117513. ISSN 0883-9514.
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