<s>
JACK	B-Language
Intelligent	I-Language
Agents	I-Language
is	O
a	O
framework	B-Architecture
in	O
Java	B-Language
for	O
multi-agent	O
system	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JACK	B-Language
Intelligent	I-Language
Agents	I-Language
was	O
built	O
by	O
Agent	O
Oriented	O
Software	O
Pty	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ltd	O
.	O
(	O
AOS	O
)	O
and	O
is	O
a	O
third	O
generation	O
agent	O
platform	O
building	O
on	O
the	O
experiences	O
of	O
the	O
Procedural	B-Application
Reasoning	I-Application
System	I-Application
(	O
PRS	B-Application
)	O
and	O
Distributed	B-Application
Multi-Agent	I-Application
Reasoning	I-Application
System	I-Application
(	O
dMARS	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JACK	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
few	O
multi-agent	O
systems	O
that	O
uses	O
the	O
BDI	O
software	O
model	O
and	O
provides	O
its	O
own	O
Java-based	O
plan	O
language	O
and	O
graphical	O
planning	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JACK	B-Language
Intelligent	I-Language
Agents	I-Language
was	O
initially	O
developed	O
in	O
1997	O
by	O
ex-members	O
of	O
the	O
Australian	O
Artificial	O
Intelligence	O
Institute	O
(	O
AAII	O
or	O
A2I2	O
)	O
who	O
were	O
involved	O
in	O
the	O
design	O
,	O
implementation	O
,	O
and	O
application	O
of	O
PRS	B-Application
at	O
SRI	O
International	O
and/or	O
dMARS	B-Application
at	O
the	O
AAII	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JACK	B-Language
Intelligent	I-Language
Agents	I-Language
is	O
a	O
mature	O
commercial	O
multi-agent	O
platform	O
that	O
has	O
been	O
under	O
active	O
research	O
,	O
development	O
,	O
and	O
domain-specific	O
application	O
for	O
more	O
than	O
10	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
plan	O
language	O
is	O
an	O
extension	O
to	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
and	O
offers	O
commands	O
such	O
as	O
@send	O
and	O
@post	O
for	O
inter-agent	O
messaging	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
management	O
of	O
actions	O
,	O
sub-tasks	O
and	O
maintenance	O
of	O
conditions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plans	O
are	O
compiled	O
into	O
Java	B-Language
classes	O
for	O
execution	O
in	O
the	O
JACK	O
run-time	O
offering	O
speed	O
and	O
correctness	O
of	O
execution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JACK	O
Development	O
Environment	O
(	O
JDE	O
)	O
:	O
Multi-agent	O
systems	O
can	O
be	O
written	O
in	O
Java	B-Language
code	I-Language
and	O
the	O
JACK	O
plan	O
language	O
in	O
a	O
standard	O
IDE	B-Application
,	O
although	O
the	O
platform	O
provides	O
an	O
agent-centric	O
IDE	B-Application
called	O
the	O
JACK	O
Development	O
Environment	O
or	O
JDE	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
JDE	O
provides	O
graphical	B-Application
tools	I-Application
for	O
writing	O
plans	O
,	O
connecting	O
plans	O
to	O
agents	O
,	O
managing	O
inter-agent	O
communication	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
compiling	O
and	O
running	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
JDE	O
also	O
provides	O
graphical	B-Application
tools	I-Application
for	O
debugging	O
and	O
tracing	O
the	O
execution	O
of	O
plans	O
and	O
inter-agent	O
message	O
passing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Java	B-Language
objects	O
are	O
serialized	O
to	O
human-readable	O
ASCII	B-Protocol
text	I-Protocol
,	O
not	O
too	O
dissimilar	O
to	O
YAML	B-Protocol
and	O
XML	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Platform	B-Operating_System
Independence	I-Operating_System
:	O
The	O
JACK	O
platform	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
allowing	O
the	O
deployment	O
of	O
JACK	O
multi-agent	O
systems	O
onto	O
the	O
wide	O
array	O
of	O
platforms	O
that	O
support	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
Virtual	I-Language
Machine	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
JACK	O
can	O
be	O
installed	O
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
operating	I-Application
systems	I-Application
only	O
using	O
a	O
32-bit	O
Java	B-Language
Virtual	I-Language
Machine	I-Language
but	O
works	O
also	O
on	O
a	O
64-bit	B-Device
Java	B-Language
Virtual	I-Language
Machine	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
most	O
recent	O
versions	O
of	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
(	O
starting	O
from	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
Lion	I-Application
)	O
JACK	O
can	O
be	O
installed	O
only	O
using	O
a	O
console	B-Application
installer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
JACK	O
Teams	O
is	O
integrated	O
into	O
and	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
JACK	B-Language
Intelligent	I-Language
Agents	I-Language
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CoJACK	O
:	O
An	O
extension	O
to	O
the	O
JACK	O
platform	O
that	O
adds	O
a	O
cognitive	B-Architecture
architecture	I-Architecture
to	O
the	O
agents	O
for	O
eliciting	O
more	O
realistic	O
(	O
human-like	O
)	O
behaviors	O
in	O
virtual	O
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prometheus	O
:	O
An	O
agent-centric	O
software	O
engineering	O
methodology	O
for	O
managing	O
the	O
SDLC	B-General_Concept
of	O
a	O
multi-agent-based	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Prometheus	O
involved	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
Prometheus	O
Design	O
Tool	O
(	O
PDT	O
)	O
which	O
was	O
a	O
GUI-based	O
tool	O
for	O
managing	O
design	O
concerns	O
in	O
the	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JACK	O
Eclipse	B-Application
Plug-in	O
:	O
A	O
plug-in	O
that	O
facilitates	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
JACK-based	O
systems	O
in	O
the	O
Eclipse	B-Application
IDE	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Specifically	O
,	O
the	O
plug-in	O
adds	O
capabilities	O
to	O
Eclipse	B-Application
to	O
support	O
the	O
JACK	O
file	O
types	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
.plan	O
,	O
.agent	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
JACK	O
WebBot	O
:	O
An	O
extension	O
that	O
embeds	O
the	O
JACK	O
kernel	O
in	O
the	O
Apache	B-Language
Tomcat	I-Language
web	O
server	O
allowing	O
intelligent	B-General_Concept
agents	I-General_Concept
to	O
be	O
interacted	O
with	O
and	O
formulate	O
responses	O
HTTP	B-Protocol
requests	I-Protocol
(	O
via	O
the	B-Application
Java	I-Application
Servlet	I-Application
API	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
