Jadex: A Generic Programming Model and One-Stop-Shop Middleware for Distributed Systems

The developer of a distributed application is confronted wi th numerous intricate issues such as concurrency, heterogene ity and security. Many approaches and technologies exist, each of which focuses on addressing some subset of these issues. Yet , developing distributed applications remains a challenge d ue to a missing coherent conceptual model as well as due to technical and configuration problems. The middleware Jadex has been built to alleviate challenges on both parts by proposin g an intuitiveprogramming model as well as a mature one-stopshop middlewarefor many different distributed applications.