A Framework JAFMAS and Its Improvement for Multi-agent Systems Based on Java

This paper introduces a Java-based framework for designing of multi-agent system JAFMAS. It includes some Java classes which can be extended by the developers of multi-agent system in order that they can focus on some detailed functions without worrying about communication and coordination between agents. The architecture of JAFMAS and the mechanism of communication and coordination between agents under distributed environment as well as some improvements are described.