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Supporting Agent Development in Erlang through the eXAT Platform

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Software Agent-Based Applications, Platforms and Development Kits

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This work describes a new approach for writing multi-agent systems considering the use of the Erlang programming language. An analysis of the features of this language is provided, which shows that Erlang characteristics allow a programmer to easily model and implement agent systems. Then, a new agent programming platform, called eXAT—erlang eXperimental Agent Tool—will be described. This platform has been designed by the authors to support agent development and deploying with Erlang; the aim is to provide an all-in-one environment, allowing an agent designer to program agent intelligence, agent behavior and agent communication with a single language.

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Di Stefano, A., Santoro, C. (2005). Supporting Agent Development in Erlang through the eXAT Platform. In: Unland, R., Calisti, M., Klusch, M. (eds) Software Agent-Based Applications, Platforms and Development Kits. Whitestein Series in Software Agent Technologies. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-7643-7348-2_3

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