Supporting Agent Development in Erlang through the eXAT Platform
Antonella Di Stefano, Corrado Santoro · Birkhäuser Basel eBooks · 2005
This work describes a new approach for writing multi-agent systems considering the use of the Erlang programming language. An analysis of the features of this language is provided, which shows that Erlang characteristics allow a programmer to easily model and implement agent systems. Then, a new agent programming platform, called eXAT— erlang eXperimental Agent Tool —will be described. This platform has been designed by the authors to support agent development and deploying with Erlang; the aim is to provide an all-in-one environment, allowing an agent designer to program agent intelligence, agent behavior and agent communication with a single language.