JADE (Java Agent DEvelopment Framework) is a software framework to develop agent-based applications in compliance with the FIPA specifications for interoperable intelligent multi-agent systems. The goal is to simplify the development while ensuring standard compliance through a comprehensive set of system services and agents.

JADE can be considered as an agent middleware that implements an Agent Platform and a development framework. It deals with all those aspects that are not peculiar of the agent internals and that are independent of the applications, such as message transport, encoding and parsing, or agent life-cycle.

JADE was initiated by members of the Telecom Italia Lab, the R&D branch of the Telecom Italia Group. Telecom Italia has conceived and developed JADE until JADE 4.5, and originated the Open Source Community in February 2000.

The team that successfully developed it cannot continue to work on it anymore. We can’t thank them enough for the contribution they have made to the field of multi-agent systems, and we – with you ? – now try to pursue their work on Jade and the dissemination of MAS’ approaches and ideas.

JADE is fully implemented in Java and require jre> 1.7

JADE is released under LGPL licence.

Original contributors

The Jade framework is the result of the effort of this team of people that have taken part to the JADE project during the several phases of its history:

  • Fabio Bellifemine, Telecom Italia S.p.A.
  • Giovanni Caire, Telecom Italia S.p.A.
  • Giovanni Rimassa, DII – University of Parma
  • Agostino Poggi, DII – University of Parma
  • Federico Bergenti, University of Parma
  • Tiziana Trucco, Telecom Italia S.p.A.
  • Danilo Gotta, Telecom Italia S.p.A.
  • Elisabetta Cortese, Filippo Quarta, Giosuè Vitaglione, Telecom Italia S.p.A.

Current contributors

  • Cédric Herpson, Sorbonne University - CNRS, LIP6, France

  • Emmannuel Adam, LAMIH - CNRS, Polytechnical University of ‘Haut-De-France’, France.

  • You ?

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