Adaptable Java Agents (AJA): a tool for programming of multi-agent systems

Agent-building tools have an important role in popularizing agent technology. This paper describes a new agent-programming tool AJA. AJA consists of two programming languages: HADL for defining of higher-level agent constructs and Java+ for low-level programming of these constructs. Among other interesting features AJA presents an original approach of incorporating artificial intelligence techniques, such as artificial neural nets, into a programming language.

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