MultiAgent Development Kit - MaDKit 5

MaDKit is an open source multiagent-based software written in Java.

MaDKit 5 is designed as a lightweight Java library for developing distributed applications and simulations using the multiagent paradigm.

Features

• Artificial agents creation and life cycle management
• An organizational infrastructure for communication between agents, structuring the application
• High heterogeneity in agent architectures: No predefined agent model
• Multi-Agent based simulation and simulator authoring tools
• Multi-agent based distributed application authoring facilities

Approach

In contrast to conventional approaches, which are mostly agent-centered, MaDKit follows an organization-centered approach (OCMAS): There is no predefnied agent model in MaDKit.

Especially, MaDKit does not enforce any consideration about the internal structure of agents, thus allowing a developer to freely implements its own agent architectures.

So, MaDKit is built upon the AGR (Agent/Group/Role) organizational model: Agents play roles in groups and thus create artificial societies.

Programming with MaDKit

Programming with MaDKit can be done by either :

• Downloading the zip distribution and using the provided jar file.

• Declare MaDKit as a dependency using your favorite build tool : https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.github.fmichel/MaDKit

For instance, with Gradle:

implementation "io.github.fmichel:MaDKit:5.x.y"

JDK 8+ is required.

More information

• Official Homepage
• API Reference
• Tutorials
• Getting started
• Documentation
• Forum

Contributing

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Added some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request