JIAC V
JIAC (Java-based Intelligent Agent Componentware) is a Java-based agent architecture and framework that eases the development and the operation of large-scale, distributed applications and services. The framework supports the design, implementation, and deployment of software agent systems. The entire software development process, from conception to deployment of full software systems, is supported by JIAC. It also allows for the possibility of reusing applications and services, and even modifying them during runtime. The focal points of JIAC are distribution, scalability, adaptability and autonomy.
JIAC V applications can be developed using extensive functionality that is provided in a library. This library consists of already-prepared services, components, and agents which can be integrated into an application in order to perform standard tasks. The individual agents are based on a component architecture which already provides the basic functionality for communication and process management. Application-specific functionality can be provided by the developer and be interactively integrated. In addition to the common JIAC V-Framework, domain-specific extensions have been implemented that facilitate the quick and simple development of domain applications such as Next Generation Services.
Awards
"At the Multi-Agent Programming Contest 2009, JIAC V managed to succeed in an exciting competition.
In total, 8 international teams competed this year, with the goal of catching as many cows as possible in a virtual arena. The DAI-Labor sent two teams - JIAC V, which also won last years competition, and microJIAC. While the JIAC V team was adapted from last year, microJIAC was programmed by a student of the project "Service Engineering mit Studenten" and managed a satisfactory 6th place.
This is the 3rd time that the DAI Labor won the agent competition, showing once again the quality of the agent framework JIAC developed at DAI-Labor."
(from: DAI-Labor News 15 Sep 2009)
Publications
Silvan Kaiser, Michael Burkhardt und Jakob Tonn: Drag-and-Drop Migration: An Example of Mapping User Actions to Agent Infrastructures. 1st International Workshop on Infrastructures and Tools for Multiagent Systems (ITMAS 2010), 2010, Toronto, Canada.
Benjamin Hirsch, Thomas Konnerth und Axel Heßler: Merging Agents and Services - the JIAC Agent Platform. In: Bordini, Dastani, Dix, El Fallah Seghrouchni: Multi-Agent Programming: Languages, Tools and Applications, pp. 159-185. Springer, 2009.
Alexander Thiele, Thomas Konnerth, Silvan Kaiser, Jan Keiser und Benjamin Hirsch: Applying JIAC V to real world problems: The MAMS case. In: Multiagent System Technologies, volume 7 of Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, pages 268-277, Hamburg, Germany, September 2009.
Thomas Konnerth, Silvan Kaiser, Alexander Thiele, and Jan Keiser, MAMS service framework. In: AAMAS '09: Proceedings of The 8th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, pages 1351-1352, Richland, SC, May, 10- 15 2009. International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems.
Thomas Konnerth, S. Schenk, Silvan Kaiser und Joachim Fuchs. AESOA - An Agent Enabled Service Oriented Architecture. In: IEEE SOCA 2007
