Software Agent-Based Applications, Platforms and Development Kits (Whitestein Series in Software Agent Technologies and Autonomic Computing)

This book introduces major agent platforms, frameworks, systems, tools, and applications. Each system is described by their developers in sufficient detail so that the reader can get a good understanding of the architecture, functionality, and application areas of the system. All systems are running systems. One main focus of the book lies on agent platforms and toolkits.