Agent Development with Jackal

Jackal is a Java-based tool for communicatingwith the KQML agent communication language. Some features that make it extremely valuable to agent development are its conversation management facilities, exible, blackboard style interface and ease of integration. Jackal has been developed in support of an investigation of the use of agents in enterprisewide integration of planning and execution for manufacturing.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1999
• Where: AGENTS
• Authors: R. Scott Cost, Timothy W. Finin, Yannis Labrou, Xiaocheng Luan, Yun Peng, Ian Soboroff, James Mayfield, Akram Boughannam
• Keywords: AGENTS 1999, Blackboard Style Interface, Conversation Management Facilities, KQML Agent Communication, Security Privacy