One of the best known approaches to the development of rational agents is the BDI (Belief-Desire-Intention) architecture. In this paper we propose a new framework, PRACTIONIST (PRACTIcal reasONIng sySTem), to support the development of BDI agents in Java (using JADE) with a Prolog belief base. In PRACTIONIST we adopt a goal-oriented approach with a clear separation between the deliberation and ...

A peer to peer (P2P) computer network relies on direct connections between participants instead of conventional centralized resources. These networks are useful for many purposes, but the killer application nowadays is file sharing. BitTorrent is a very popular protocol for this matter. In this paper we model a BitTorrent network as a multi-agent system. In it, each BitTorrent client is an agen...

Rapid development of the Internet and increasing number of available Web services has generated a need for tools and environments facilitating automated composition of atomic Web services into more complex Web processes. JADE is an agent development environment where Web services and agents can be linked together to enable semantic Web applications. However, the current JADE message transportat...

This paper describes a framework for the grid flow management system in a problem solving environment (PSE) based on the Autonomous Manager Grid Service (AMGS). The design of AMGS is based on principles of agency, intelligence, collaboration and co-operation. Using AMGS that carry out tasks on behalf of machines participating in a computational grid, it is possible to build grid flow systems th...

This paper discusses in detail important analysis and design issues emerged during the development of an agent-based transportation e-market. This discussion is based on concepts coming from the AMCIS methodology and the JADE framework. The AMCIS methodology is specifically tailored to the analysis and design of cooperative information agent-based systems, while it supports both the levels of t...

In this work, we propose an object oriented framework for developing distributed applications on grids supporting mobility. The system model follows the multi-agent agent system paradigm and is implemented in JADE. Communication between applications makes use of the MPI standard. We propose the use of frameworks for the development of agent-oriented systems without the need of programming them ...

Verifying properties of interactions taking place inside open, complex, distributed, dynamic systems is of paramount importance for most applications and is mandatory for safety-critical ones. Verification can take place at design time (o✏ine or static verification) or at runtime (online or dynamic). For runtime verification some layer between the monitor executing the verification engine and t...

Grids are increasingly being used in applications, one of which is e-learning. As most of business and academic institutions (universities) and training centres around the world have adopted this technology in order to create, deliver and manage their learning materials through the Web, the subject has become the focus of investigate. Still, collaboration between these institutions and centres ...

This paper proposes an agent-based control framework in JADE which allows the construction of control extensions tailored to the application needs. The approach is based on a minimal actor model which simplifies JADE agent programming. A catalog of reusable control forms, both concurrent/parallel and time-dependent (real time or simulation time are supported) was achieved. The paper introduces ...

The aim of ontology is to share information between sending and receiving agents of Multi Agent System (MAS). It provides standard vocabulary and terms for knowledge sharing and is designed to share information conveniently and understandably. Agent based application requires complex interaction among agents. This complexity is due to agent-agent and agent-user communication. It is required to ...