Software Agent Technology Links
These are web resources that we believe are reasonably current (or of
significant historical value) for software agent technology, including
software
agents, intelligent agents,
intelligent software agents,
autonomous agents,
multi-agent systems (MAS),
agent technology,
agent-based
computing, and topics in artificial intelligence
and the Semantic Web that are deemed relevant to
software agents.
I apologize for the fact that this list is in simple reverse chronological
order (the order that I added to the list), but that's less work for me and does
make it easier to find what's new. Ultimately the list should be a relational
database that can be sorted by selected categories. Or maybe I should say that
ultimately it should be embodied in a semantic web/grid that can be traversed by
software agents to locate resources of interest.
Note: This list is now segmented by year since it became too long for
Google to properly index!
Click here for links for
this year.
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Top Links for Software Agent Technology
It is our intention to keep this list quite short, hopefully a Top 10 or Top
20.
- Agents Portal
- a meeting point for people interested in research and technology for agents
and multi-agent systems.
- Agtivity.com - foundations of software
agent technology, advancing the science of software agent technology.
- BotSpot -
sells bot-related commercial software.
- Cougaar
(Cognitive Agent Arhcitecture) - a Java-based architecture for the
construction of large-scale distributed agent-based applications. It is a
product of two consecutive, multi-year DARPA research programs into
large-scale agent systems spanning eight years of effort. The first program
conclusively demonstrated the feasibility of using advanced agent-based
technology to conduct rapid, large scale, distributed logistics planning and
replanning. The second program developed information technologies to enhance
the survivability of these distributed agent-based systems operating in
extremely chaotic environments. The resultant architecture, Cougaar, provides
developers with a framework to implement large-scale distributed agent
applications with minimal consideration for the underlying architecture and
infrastructure. The Cougaar architecture uses the latest in agent-oriented
component-based design and has a long list of powerful features.
- DAML (DARPA Agent Markup
Language) - a DARPA program whose goal is to develop a language and tools
to facilitate the concept of the Semantic Web.
- European Agent Systems
Summer School - Annual summer school consist of a mixture of introductory
and advanced courses delivered by internationally leading experts in the agent
field, and will cover the full range of theoretical and practical aspects of
agent-based computing.
- FIPA (Foundation
for Intelligent Physical Agents) - an IEEE Computer Society standards
organization that promotes agent-based technology and the interoperability of
its standards with other technologies.
- JADE (Java Agent DEvelopment Framework)
- a software framework fully implemented in Java language. It simplifies the
implementation of multi-agent systems through a middle-ware that complies with
the FIPA specifications and
through a set of
graphical tools that supports the debugging and deployment phases. The
agent platform can be distributed across machines (which not even need to
share the same OS) and the configuration can be controlled via a
remote GUI.
The configuration can be even changed at run-time by moving agents from one
machine to another one, as and when required. JADE is completely implemented
in Java language and the minimal system requirement is the version 1.4 of JAVA
(the run time environment or the JDK).
- KurzweilAI.net - Ray Kurzweil's
artificial intelligence "portal".
- Magenta Technology - a
commercial firm dedicated to the development of Multi-Agent Systems for
enterprise computing, was established in 1999 in order to build commercially
viable technology based upon the concepts of Multi-Agent Systems. Magenta
develops next generation solutions and services through 3 main activities:
1) Supply Chain Execution and Logistics Components (Network Scheduler and
Network Designer), 2) Magenta Technology Platform (engines, toolsets and
knowledge engineering resources to extend the existing products or to use as
a base for building custom applications), and 3) Licensing Intellectual
Property for industrial use. Their platform includes an Ontology
Manager, a Negotiation Engine, and support for a Virtual Market.
- MultiAgent Systems by José M. Vidal
- information about multiagent systems, including both research and industrial
references. The front page also has breaking news of some relevance.
- Open Agent Architecture (OAA) - A
framework for integrating a community of heterogeneous software agents in a
distributed environment.
- robots.net - the latest news on personal
and industrial robotics, robot competitions, and other cool stuff.
- Universal Description, Discovery and
Integration (UDDI) protocol - one of the major building blocks required
for successful Web services. UDDI creates a standard interoperable platform
that enables companies and applications to quickly, easily, and dynamically
find and use Web services over the Internet. UDDI also allows operational
registries to be maintained for different purposes in different contexts. UDDI
is a cross-industry effort driven by major platform and software providers, as
well as marketplace operators and e-business leaders within the OASIS
standards consortium.
- Whitestein Technologies - a
leading provider of advanced software agent technologies, products, solutions,
and services for selected application domains and industries.
- World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
- the ultimate source for interoperability standards for web services, the
Semantic Web, and ontology.
- [Add your top software
agent technology link here.]
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