MobileAgents In MaDViWorld

Introduction

Mobile Agents In MaDViWorld is an effort to bring mobile agents to MaDViWorld, a software framework for massively distributed virtual worlds.

This is work in progess, so don't expect much at this stage.

Development

• tasks
• status
• timeline
• bugs
• design issues, questions & ideas
• cvs repository
• Mailing List

Links

• JADE (Java Agent DEvelopment Framework)
• GINY, Graph INterface librarY
• JGraph, a powerful, lightweight, feature-rich, and thoroughly documented open-source graph Java component
• JATLite (Java Agent Template, Lite), A Java Agent Infrastructure with Message Routing
• jfipa, FIPA XML-based Message support for Software Agents
• Jess Java Expert System Shell, a Java rule engine
• RDF, Resource Description Framework
• rdfDB, an RDF database, "supporting a graph oriented API via a textual query language ala SQL."
• JiVE - JAFMAS integrated Visual Environment has a GUI to design agents, as well as an analysis tool to check for possible deadlocks in communication
• JAFMAS Java-Based Framework for Multi-Agent Systems
• JAF - The Java Agent Framework, University of Massachusetts
• Living Machines: Technology and biology are converging fast. The result will transform everything from engineering to art - and redefine life as we know it.
• The Swarmbots Are Coming
• Cougaar, an open-source Java-based architecture for the construction of distributed agent-based applications
• miniRMI
• Definition of "agent"
• Definition of "aglet"
• RMI specification
• RMI activation tutorial
• RMI daemon rmid
• Java distributed computing course
• UMBC AgentWeb
• Freshmeat.net projects: Mobile Agents
• Mobile Agents List
• JACOMMA - Java Communicating Agents
• ICM - Inter Agent Communication Model
• Java library Pathwalker
• Jini FAQ
• Jan Newmarch's Guide to JINI Technologies
• WRITING A SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ARTICLE
• Scientific writing - essay and thesis
• Scientific paper writing
• Writing Technical Articles
• Rules of thumb for Scientific Writing

Books & Literature

• Haw Siang HON: Agent Communication Language
• Hans-Arthur Marsiske: Denkende Fabriken - Softwareagenten sollen helfen, Produktionsabläufe flexibler zu gestalten, 22.11.2003
• Ernest Friedman-Hill: Jess in Action (Introduces rules and declarative programming style using JESS), 2003
• Jason Byassee: Unleash mobile agents using Jini, 2002
• Todd Sundsted: An Introduction to Agents, 1998
• Stan Franklin and Art Graesser: Is it an Agent, or just a Program? A Taxonomy for Autonomous Agents, Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Agent Theories, Architectures, and Languages (Institute for Intelligent Systems, University of Memphis), 1996
• Danny B. Lange, Mitsuru Oshima: Programming and Deploying Java Mobile Agents with Aglets
• Danny B. Lange: Agent Design Patterns : Elements of Agent Application Design
• David Kotz, Robert Gray, and Daniela Rus: Future Directions for Mobile Agent Research, August 2002
• R. Miraftabi: Agents on the Loose: An overview of agent technologies, 2000
• Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings: Intelligent Agents: Theory and Practice, 1995
• Tim Finin, Richard Fritzson, Don McKay, Robin McEntire: KQML as an Agent Communication Language , 1994
• Maes, P.: Agents that Reduce Work and Information Overload. Communications of the ACM 37(7): 31-40, 1994
• AgentWeb recommended articles

Research

• KQML: Knowledge Query and Manipulation Language
• Conferences: Agent-Oriented Information Systems
• Larry T. Chen: AgentOS, January 2001