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UMAP - A Universal Multi-Agent Platform for .NET Developers

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Multi-agent systems allow to build custom software solutions that work on the basis of groups of cooperating agents pursuing a common goal. In the paper, we present a universal multi-agent platform (UMAP) for .NET developers. UMAP provides ready to use interface for the implementation of software agents, leaving the programmers only the necessity to implement business logic of agents, according to the expected deliverables. UMAP is compliant with standards of the Foundation for Intelligent Physical Agents (FIPA) and unlike the popular systems, such as JADE or SPADE, it has been developed using the Microsoft .NET Framework. In the paper we show architecture of the UMAP, communication and message transport system, agent cataloging and management services, and runtime environment. The platform is available for free from: http://zti.polsl.pl/dmrozek/umap.htm

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    Dariusz Mrozek, Bożena Małysiak-Mrozek & Igor Waligóra

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  1. Silesian University of Technology Inst. Computing Science, Gliwice, Poland

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  2. Silesian University of Technology Institute of Informatics, Gliwice, Poland

    Dariusz Mrozek

  3. Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

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    Bożena Małysiak-Mrozek

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Mrozek, D., Małysiak-Mrozek, B., Waligóra, I. (2014). UMAP - A Universal Multi-Agent Platform for .NET Developers. In: Kozielski, S., Mrozek, D., Kasprowski, P., Małysiak-Mrozek, B., Kostrzewa, D. (eds) Beyond Databases, Architectures, and Structures. BDAS 2014. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 424. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06932-6_29

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