 Programming Multi-Agent Systems in AgentSpeak using Jason
ISBN: 978-0-470-02900-8
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November 2007
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1 Introduction.
1.1 Autonomous Agents.
1.2 Characteristics of Agents.
1.3 Multi-Agent Systems.
1.4 Hello World!
2 The BDI Agent Model.
2.1 Agent-Oriented Programming.
2.2 Practical Reasoning.
2.3 A Computational Model of BDI Practical Reasoning.
2.4 The Procedural Reasoning System.
2.5 Agent Communication.
3 The Jason Agent Programming Language.
3.1 Beliefs.
3.2 Goals.
3.3 Plans.
3.4 Example: A Complete Agent Program.
3.5 Exercises.
4 Jason Interpreter.
4.1 The Reasoning Cycle.
4.2 Plan Failure.
4.3 Interpreter Configuration and Execution Modes.
4.4 Pre-Defined Plan Annotations.
4.5 Exercises.
5 Environments.
5.1 Support for Defining Simulated Environments.
5.2 Example: Running a System of Multiple Situated Agents.
5.3 Exercises.
6 Communication and Interaction.
6.1 Available Performatives.
6.2 Informal Semantics of Receiving Messages.
6.3 Example: Contract Net Protocol.
6.4 Exercises.
7 User-Defined Components.
7.1 Defining New Internal Actions.
7.2 Customising the Agent Class.
7.3 Customising the Overall Architecture.
7.4 Customising the Belief Base.
7.5 Pre-Processing Directives.
7.6 Exercises.
8 Advanced Goal-Based Programming.
8.1 BDI Programming.
8.2 Declarative (Achievement) Goal Patterns.
8.3 Commitment Strategy Patterns.
8.4 Other Useful Patterns.
8.5 Pre-Processing Directives for Plan Patterns.
9 Case Studies.
9.1 Case Study I: Gold Miners.
9.2 Case Study II: Electronic Bookstore.
10 Formal Semantics.
10.1 Semantic Rules.
10.2 Semantics of Message Exchange in a Multi-Agent System.
10.3 Semantic Rules for Receiving Messages.
10.4 Semantics of the BDI Modalities for AgentSpeak.
11 Conclusions.
11.1 Jason and Agent-Oriented Programming.
11.2 Ongoing Work and Related Research.
11.3 General Advice on Programming Style and Practice.
A Reference Guide.
A.1 EBNF for the Agent Language.
A.2 EBNF for the Multi-Agent Systems Language.
A.3 Standard Internal Actions.
A.4 Pre-Defined Annotations.
A.5 Pre-Processing Directives.
A.6 Interpreter Configuration.
Bibliography.
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