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

Agent Based Modeling Toolkit Comparison
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 Software Inc.; Vienna, Virginia, USA. Cougaar Open Source License (COSL) is a modified version of the OSI approved BSD License Un­known Un­known Un­known 2012 [4]
JACK A framework in Java for multi-agent system development Proprietary Un­known FIPA JACK Un­known Un­known May 18, 2006 [5]
JADE Distributed applications composed of autonomous entities LGPL version 2; Telecom Italia; Torino & Parma, Italy Asynchronous FIPA RMI Yes August 6, 2017 [6]
SARL Distributed applications composed of autonomous entities Apache version 2 Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known May 27, 2021 (Version 0.12.0) [7]
IBM Agent Builder Distributed applications composed of autonomous entities Open source tool Synchronous and asynchronous MASIF SOCKET Partitially May 11, 2021 [8]
ZEUS A toolkit for building distributed multiagent systems Open source tool Asynchronous FIPA NO Yes Un­known [9]

References

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  2. ^ Singh, Aarti; Juneja, Dimple; Sharma, A. K. (25 November 2011). "Agent Development Toolkits". arXiv:1111.5930 [cs.MA].
  3. ^ Nguyen, G. "AGENT PLATFORM EVALUATION AND COMPARISON" (PDF). Rapport technique, Institute of Informatics, Bratislava, Slovakia. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Cougaar | Cougaar Agent Architecture Open-Source site". Archived from the original on 9 December 2012.
  5. ^ "Downloads". AOS Group. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  6. ^ "News | Jade Site".
  7. ^ "SARL News and Events".
  8. ^ "Agent Builder". www.ibm.com. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  9. ^ Nwana, Hyacinth S.; Ndumu, Divine T.; Lee, Lyndon C.; Collis, Jaron C. (January 1999). "Zeus: A toolkit for building distributed multiagent systems". Applied Artificial Intelligence. 13 (1–2): 129–185. doi:10.1080/088395199117513. ISSN 0883-9514.