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Proposals

JADE-4.6.0-R6871 BUILD PROPOSAL WITH JDK-17-LTS, OR LATER VERSIONS OF JAVA.
GitHub-Repo: p21-jade-fipa-4.6.0

• Unification of the libraries used by the JADE 4.6.0 core: This is a proposal to update the compilation mechanism with OpenJDK-11 to 18 or higher.

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PROPOSAL TO UPDATE CLIPS-JNI-0.51 TO FACILITATE THE DETECTION OF THE MACHINE ARCHITECTURE AND LOCATION OF THE NATIVE LIBRARY AT RUNTIME
GitHub-Repo: p40-clipsjni-051

• The CLIPSJNI-051 Java component allows Java to be connected to the CLIPS core developed in C++. This proposal provides a proven solution for detecting the architecture of the machine at runtime, in addition to incorporating additional security enhancements. It is oriented to be used by JADE PS-Agents with problem resolution capabilities. However, it can be useful in any application that requires CLIPS 6.31 connectivity from Java.

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JESS 8.0A1 REVISION PROPOSAL TO BE COMPILED WITH JAVA 1.8 AT 32BIT AND WITH OPENJDK 11 OR HIGHER AT 64BIT.
GitHub-Repo: p49-jess-80

• Jess is a rule engine for the Java platform. To use it, you specify logic in the form of rules using one of two formats: the Jess rule language (prefered) or XML. You also provide some of your own data for the rules to operate on. When you run the rule engine, your rules are carried out. Rules can create new data, or they can do anything that the Java programming language can do.

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JADE-FIPA ENHANCEMENT REQUEST TO ALLOW COMPILATION WITH OPENJDK-18, JDK-17 LTS, AND EARLIER VERSIONS OF JAVA.
GitHub-Repo: p20-jade-fipa

• Unify the libraries used by the JADE 4.5.4 core: This is a proposal to update the compilation mechanism so that it can be done with OpenJDK-11 to 18 or higher. And allow future adoption of the Java Platform Module System in the JADE core.

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PROPOSAL TO UPDATE CLIPS-JNI-6.40 TO FACILITATE THE DETECTION OF THE MACHINE ARCHITECTURE AND THE LOCATION OF THE NATIVE LIBRARY AT RUNTIME
GitHub-Repo: p41-clipsjni-640

• The component developed in Java CLIPSJNI-6.40 allows connecting Java to the CLIPS core developed in C++. This update proposal provides a solution to detect the architecture of the machine at runtime, as well as incorporating other additional security improvements, variable declaration adjustment and CLIPS engine Router deletion errors. This minor evolution of CLIPSJNI-6.40 is oriented to JADE PS-Agents. These agents manage and execute expert systems, and exchange their facts, rules and conclusions. However, this evolution of CLIPSJNI-6.40 may be useful in any application that requires connectivity to CLIPS 6.40 from Java.

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PROPOSAL FOR THE TRANSLATION OF THE CLIPS 6.40 USER`S GUIDE TECHNICAL MANUAL, 2021 VERSION
GitHub-Repo: p42-clips-ug

• Since the first version of the CLIPS 6.20 User`s Guide, in March 2002, this technical manual has been an essential piece to get started in non-imperative programming guided by facts and actions. It has been progressively revised with every CLIPS release. The latest version of this guide has been reviewed by Dr. Giarratano J.C. and Edited by Gary Riley in April 2021. And now includes the latest advances introduced in CLIPS version 6.40.

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PROPOSAL: INTEGRATION STUDY OF THE CORBA LIBRARY USED BY FIPA AND ITS POSSIBILITY OF ADAPTING TO THE OPENJDK-17 JAVA COMPILER
GitHub-Repo: p10-fipa-corba

• The FIPA module belonging to JADE 4.5.4 requires the GlassFish CORBA ORB libraries for its compilation. Before migrating from JADE 4.5.4 r6867 to Java OpenJDK-17, it is necessary to check the behavior of FIPA with higher versions of Java.

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Guides
CLIPS 6.4 User's Guide

• Giarratano, J.C. (2021)

PS-Agents 2.1: Deployment Manual

• Aguayo, FJ (2022)

Notes
Previous Version Guides

• Old Guides

Website References

• References

Essays
A Review of Agent-Based Programming for Multi-Agent Systems

• Cardoso, Ferrando (2021)

FIPA: Specifying Protocols for Multi-Agent Systems Interaction

• Poslad, S. (2007)

Parallel, Distributed and Multiagent Production Systems

• Ishida, Toru (1995)

DRAFTS
GitHub - Markdown-Cheatsheet

• John Gruber (2016)

Markdown-Syntax Manual

• Jackques Distler (2011)

Website References:

Concepts and components

  1. Jekyll plugin to generate TOC on website pages, Jekyll Template Language and Theme for website preparation, compatible with GitHub-Pages:
    • JekyllTOC1.
    • Liquid2.
    • Minima Jekyll theme3.
  2. Agent creation and debugging environment:
    • Multi-Agent Platform JADE4.
    • FIPA5. FIPA Interaction Protocol Library Specification. Foundation for Intelligent Physical Agents.
  3. Paradigm for creating software with the ability to generate new structures of Agent-Oriented Applications:
    • Agent-oriented programming or (AOP)6 (Agent-Oriented-Programming) [Shoham].
    • Standardized creation model projects in Java Language. Apache Maven7.

  4. Java compiler and development environment: Java platform and early OpenJDK releases, accessible in JAVA/openJDK-17…-198 and higher.

  5. Version of dpsFramework project and components (see, Table 1.):
    • v0.9.1 (SOCO)
    • v1.7 (EUMAS)
    • v1.8 (JOURNAL) dpsFramework current version9.
  6. Java interpreter for integration in Java applications with the ability to execute scripts and generate objects at run time:
    • BeanShell10.
  7. Advanced editor for syntax illumination and assisted programming for new Languages ​​like CLIPS, Jess, API-JADE, etc.:
    • RSyntaxTexArea11.
  8. Target architecture used in the tests:
    • ARM architecture (e.g. RaspberryPI12).
  9. Expert Systems construction tools, used by Agents:
    • CLIPS13.
    • JESS14.
    • swi-Prolog15 (Section 2).
  10. Research project, doctoral thesis director, teaching supervision process, and official deposit of the thesis publication (see Table 2.).

Table 1. Version and distribution aliases, and components used by dpsFramework.

Version Description
v0.9.1 (SOCO)
Stage-Node		 Date: Dec 2017
Installer Name: dpsFrameworkBuilder-RC1.jar. (The official version).
Compiler / Components: Java JDK 7 and 8. JADE JADE 4.4.0. BeanShell 2.0b4. RSyntaxTextArea TextEditor. HyperSQL v2.3.4. CLIPS 6.30. CLIPSJNI 0.5. Jesus 8.0a1.
v1.7 (EUMAS)
Stage-Node		 Date: Sep. 2018
Installer name: dpsFrameworkBuilder-1.7.jar.
Compiler / Components: . Java/openJDK 8.x compiler.. JADE 4.5.0 - revision 6825 of 05-23-2017 . BeanShell v:2.0b4 (patched at, 2016). . RSyntaxTextArea TextEditor. . HyperSQL® HyperSQL Database Engine v:2.3.4 . CLIPS 6.31. . Six compiled libraries CLIPSJNI 0.5 to: Raspbian-Pi, Linux 32/64, Microsoft Windows 32/64 and, Apple iOS-X . Jess 8.0a1.. Apache JENA
v1.8 (JOURNAL)9
Stage-Node		 Date: Sep. 29, 2021
Installer Name: dpsFrameworkBuilder-1.8-full.jar.
Builder / Components: . Java/openJDK 8.x compiler. BeanShell v:2.0b6 (https://github.com/beanshell/beanshell). . HyperSQL® HyperSQL Database Engine v:2.3.4 (https://sourceforge.net/projects/hsqldb/) . CLIPS 6.31 (https://sourceforge.net/projects/clipsrules/files/CLIPS/). CLIPSJNI 0.5 compiled to: Raspbian-Pi, Linux 32/64, Microsoft Windows 32/64, Apple OS-X . Jess, the Rule Engine for the Java Platform. Copyright (C) 2013 Sandia Corporation. Jess Version 8.0a1 9/25/2013 (http://www.jessrules.com) . Apache JENA (https://jena.apache.org/). JADE 4.5.0 (release 6825 of 05-23-2017 10:06:04 at http://jade.tilab.com/)

Table 2. Metadata of the Research Project (2012-2017) associated with dpsFramework Project.

Institution Research project
UniLeon Institution: University of León16.
Department: Department of Electrical Engineering, Systems and Automation17.
Research name: Techniques for deployment of distributed architecture in rule-based expert systems using the multi-agent paradigm. (2012-2017)
Deposit: DIALNET. Status: Completed.
Author: Aguayo-Canela, FJ18. Director: García-Rodríguez, I19.

References

  1. jekyll-toc: GitHub Pages can’t run custom Jekyll plug-ins so when generating Tables of Contents (TOCs), you’re stuck with either a JavaScript solution or using kramdown’s :toc option. Available at: https://github.com/allejo/jekyll-toc. (2022) ↩

  2. Liquid: Safe, customer-facing template language for flexible web apps. Liquid is an open-source template language created by Shopify and written in Ruby. Available at: https://shopify.github.io/liquid/. (2022) ↩

  3. Minima Jekyll Theme: Minima is a one-size-fits-all Jekyll theme for writers. It’s Jekyll’s default (and first) theme. Available at: https://github.com/jekyll/. (2022). ↩

  4. JADE Platform. http://jade.tilab.com/. CSELT, S. & TILab, S. (2017). Jade - java agent development framework. is a framework to develop multi-agent systems in compliance with the fipa specifications. jade 4.5.0 - revision 6825 of 23-05-2017 10:06:04. Open Source, under LGPL restrictions. ↩

  5. FIPA IP. [FIPA00025] FIPA Interaction Protocol Library Specification. Foundation for Intelligent Physical Agents, 2002. http://www.fipa.org/specs/fipa00025/ ↩

  6. Agent Oriented Programming. Shoham, Y. (2005). Agent oriented programming: An overview of the framework and summary of recent research. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/3-540-58095-6_9 ↩

  7. Maven: Apache Maven is a software project management and comprehension tool. Based on the concept of a project object model (POM), Maven can manage a project’s build, reporting and documentation from a central piece of information. Available at: https://maven.apache.org/. (2022). ↩

  8. ORACLE Java. Java(TM) Platform Standard and JDK, versions: 7. and 8. API Spec. http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html (2017). ↩

  9. dpsFramework_ Releases: GitHub Repository. https://github.com/dpsframework/dpsFrameworkBuilder/releases/tag/1.8 ↩ ↩2

  10. BeanShell. [1] Niemeyer, P.: Lightweight Scripting for Java. http://www.beanshell.org/ (2014). [2] Nick Lombard, BeanShell at GitHub https://github.com/beanshell/beanshell. ↩

  11. RSyntaxTexArea. A syntax highlighting, code folding text editor for Java Swing applications. . https://github.com/bobbylight/RSyntaxTextArea/ (2017). ↩

  12. Raspbian-Pi Operating Systems. [1] Molloy, Derek. http://exploringrpi.com/: Exploring Raspberry Pi. John Wiley Sons, Inc. (2016). [2] Raspbian OS for Raspberry-Pi (2018) https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/ ↩

  13. CLIPS. [1] Giarratano, J. C. P. (2014). CLIPS User’s Guide. Version 6.30. CLIPS. [2] Riley, G. (2016). Clips rule based programming language expert system tool clips (6.31) and CLIPSJNI (0.5), clips rule based programming language web site. Available in: https://sourceforge.net/projects/clipsrules/. ↩

  14. JESS. [1]Friedman-Hill, E.: JESS, Expert System Software Tool (8.0a1 (alfa)). Sandia National Laboratories. https://www.jessrules.com/ (2016). [2] Friedman-Hill, E. (2003). JESS in Action. Manning Greenwich, CT. [3] Cardoso, H. L. (2007). Integrating jade and jess. available in: https://jade.tilab.com/documentation/examples/jess/. ↩

  15. Prolog Language. [1] Merritt, D. (2012). Building expert systems in Prolog. Springer Science & Business Media. [2] SWI-Prolog https://www.swi-prolog.org/. [3] Fred Dushin and J. Wielemaker. University of Amsterdam. JPL.pl Java Interface. A Java interface for SWI-Prolog. ↩

  16. Universidad de León (SPAIN). http://www.unileon.es. ↩

  17. Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica y de Sistemas y Automática. Universidad de León. https://departamentos.unileon.es/ingenieria-electrica-y-de-sistemas-y-automatica/ ↩

  18. PhD Thesis. Aguayo, F.J., García I. (2017) Techniques for deployment of distributed architecture in rule-based expert systems using the multi-agent paradigm. https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/tesis?codigo=124344 Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering and Automation. Leon University (SPAIN). ↩

  19. Professor: Dr. Isaías García Rodríguez. Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering and Automation. Leon University (SPAIN). https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/autor?codigo=1448367. ↩