1. The RICA-J framework Juan M. Serrano, Sascha Ossowski, Sergio Saugar AL3-TF2, PROMAS Artfificial Intelligence Group University Rey Juan Carlos Madrid, Spain

2. PROMAS meeting/AL3-TF2/2005 2 RICA-J FRAMEWORK Outline RICA METAMODEL RICA EXECUTION SEMANTICSRICA-J AGENT ARCHITECTURE RICA-J PROGRAMING RICA THEORY

3. PROMAS meeting/AL3-TF2/2005 3 RICA models

4. PROMAS meeting/AL3-TF2/2005 4 RICA execution semantics a7:Agenta6:Agent a1:Agenta2:Agenta3:Agent a8:Agent a4:Agenta5:Agent Author PCMemberReviewerPCChair INACTIVE ROLE Phase I: Prior to submission deadline

5. PROMAS meeting/AL3-TF2/2005 5 a7:Agenta6:Agent RICA execution semantics a1:Agenta2:Agenta3:Agent a8:Agent a4:Agenta5:Agent Author PCMemberReviewerPCChair INACTIVE ROLE Phase I: Deadline passed

6. PROMAS meeting/AL3-TF2/2005 6 a7:Agenta6:Agent RICA execution semantics a1:Agenta2:Agenta3:Agent a8:Agent a4:Agenta5:Agent Author PCMemberReviewerPCChair INACTIVE ROLE Phase I: Reviewing

7. PROMAS meeting/AL3-TF2/2005 7 Programming in RICA-J RICA-J architecture RICA types embedded in Java: RICA virtual machine Middleware services & Basic abstractions

8. PROMAS meeting/AL3-TF2/2005 8 RICA-J agent architecture

9. PROMAS meeting/AL3-TF2/2005 9 Conclusion Advantages  Fosters the development of reusable libraries ACL dialects (FIPA underlying interactions, …) Protocol formalisms (e.g. Interaction State Machines, …)  Relieve agent programmers from cross-domain implementation features Automatic activation-deactivation of roles, management of interactions, execution/observation of CAs, …  Close to component and connector architectures Transfer of research (e.g. Architectural description languages) Future work  On the RICA Theory Metamodel extension, formal specification of the execution semantics, …  On the RICAJ framework Further validation, J2SE 5.0 metadata features, monitoring of interactions, ….