System Name: JAE - Java Agent Environment
Current Version: 1.2
Organization: Aachen University of Technology (RWTH), Computer Science Department (i4)
Entry status: authoritative
Supported platforms:
OS with java JDK 1.1
Supported languages:
Java 1.1 & 1.2
Implemented standards: none
Type of migration:
weak
How many threads or processes are possible per agent? not limited
Local communication mechanisms and format of data:
Message Passing,
Blackboard (Tupple Space),
Service Center,
RPC
Global communication mechanisms:
Message Passing,
Blackboard (Tupple Space),
Service Center,
RPC
How the communication partner can be addressed:
Service Center & Agent Directory
Badge concept
Resource access control mechanism:
tickets
Agent tracking:
Service Center & Agent Directory
Directory of services:
local trading & global registration
Type of code migration:
all classes as a whole from sending host, as jar file.
Other special features:
Plug and Participate concept with Service Center and Agent
Directory,
Service Center for local trading and access to Agent Directory (LDAP),
Meta-Keywords for service type description,
Mobile Computing support,
GUI for monitoring
Availability:
Version 1.0, bytecode
Version 1.2, not available
License terms:
free non-commercial use
Article that describe the current system best:
A.S. Park, M. Emmerich, D. Swertz: Service Trading for Mobile Agents
with LDAP as Service Directory. IEEE 7th Intl. Workshop on Enabling
Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises, WETICE'98,
Stanford University, California, USA, June, 1998.
Year of first publication of systems description: 1997
Project URL: http://www-i4.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/jae/
Contacts Email Address: park@informatik.rwth-aachen.de
Last modification date of this entry: Tue Jun 29 18:59:39 MET DST 1999