Overview of Software Agent Platforms Available in 2023
Agent-based computing remains an active field of research with the goal of building (semi-)autonomous software for dynamic ecosystems. Today, this task should be realized using dedicated, specialized frameworks. Over almost 40 years, multiple agent platforms have been developed. While many of them h...
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| author | Zofia Wrona Wojciech Buchwald Maria Ganzha Marcin Paprzycki Florin Leon Noman Noor Constantin-Valentin Pal |
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| description | Agent-based computing remains an active field of research with the goal of building (semi-)autonomous software for dynamic ecosystems. Today, this task should be realized using dedicated, specialized frameworks. Over almost 40 years, multiple agent platforms have been developed. While many of them have been “abandoned”, others remain active, and new ones are constantly being released. This contribution presents a historical perspective on the domain and an up-to-date review of the existing agent platforms. It aims to serve as a reference point for anyone interested in developing agent systems. Therefore, the main characteristics of the included agent platforms are summarized, and selected links to projects where they have been used are provided. Furthermore, the described platforms are divided into general-purpose platforms and those targeting specific application domains. The focus of the contribution is on platforms that can be judged as being under active development. Information about “historical platforms” and platforms with an unclear status is included in a dedicated website accompanying this work. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2fe4a04de1b14edab58bc0e781b5dbf32023-11-18T10:54:51ZengMDPI AGInformation2078-24892023-06-0114634810.3390/info14060348Overview of Software Agent Platforms Available in 2023Zofia Wrona0Wojciech Buchwald1Maria Ganzha2Marcin Paprzycki3Florin Leon4Noman Noor5Constantin-Valentin Pal6Faculty of Mathematics and Information Science, Warsaw University of Technology, 00-662 Warsaw, PolandFaculty of Mathematics and Information Science, Warsaw University of Technology, 00-662 Warsaw, PolandFaculty of Mathematics and Information Science, Warsaw University of Technology, 00-662 Warsaw, PolandSystems Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, 01-447 Warsaw, PolandFaculty of Automatic Control and Computer Engineering, “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iași, 700050 Iași, RomaniaFaculty of Mathematics and Information Science, Warsaw University of Technology, 00-662 Warsaw, PolandFaculty of Automatic Control and Computer Engineering, “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iași, 700050 Iași, RomaniaAgent-based computing remains an active field of research with the goal of building (semi-)autonomous software for dynamic ecosystems. Today, this task should be realized using dedicated, specialized frameworks. Over almost 40 years, multiple agent platforms have been developed. While many of them have been “abandoned”, others remain active, and new ones are constantly being released. This contribution presents a historical perspective on the domain and an up-to-date review of the existing agent platforms. It aims to serve as a reference point for anyone interested in developing agent systems. Therefore, the main characteristics of the included agent platforms are summarized, and selected links to projects where they have been used are provided. Furthermore, the described platforms are divided into general-purpose platforms and those targeting specific application domains. The focus of the contribution is on platforms that can be judged as being under active development. Information about “historical platforms” and platforms with an unclear status is included in a dedicated website accompanying this work.https://www.mdpi.com/2078-2489/14/6/348agent systemsagent-based systemsmulti-agent systemsagent platformsmodelingsimulation |
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| title | Overview of Software Agent Platforms Available in 2023 |
| title_full | Overview of Software Agent Platforms Available in 2023 |
| title_fullStr | Overview of Software Agent Platforms Available in 2023 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Overview of Software Agent Platforms Available in 2023 |
| title_short | Overview of Software Agent Platforms Available in 2023 |
| title_sort | overview of software agent platforms available in 2023 |
| topic | agent systems agent-based systems multi-agent systems agent platforms modeling simulation |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2078-2489/14/6/348 |
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