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Software agents offer a range of benefits to the development of complex software systems. However, before these benefits can be realised by the computing industry there is a need for an agent platform that can be accepted by industry. In this paper we describe the JACK agent platform: a mature and robust commercial product. We argue that JACK meets requirements such as familiarity, scalability and integratibility which make it suitable for adoption by industry. We also describe interesting features of JACK such as the use of capabilities for structuring agents, and JACK’s approach to teamwork which allows hierarchical team structures.
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Winikoff, M. (2005). Jack™ Intelligent Agents: An Industrial Strength Platform. In: Bordini, R.H., Dastani, M., Dix, J., El Fallah Seghrouchni, A. (eds) Multi-Agent Programming. Multiagent Systems, Artificial Societies, and Simulated Organizations, vol 15. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-26350-0_7
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