eJason: An Implementation of Jason in Erlang

• Published in: Programming Multi-Agent Systems pp. 1 - 16
• Main Authors: Díaz, Álvaro Fernández, Earle, Clara Benac, Fredlund, Lars-Åke
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science
• Subjects: Belief Base; Illocutionary Force; Multiagent System; Plan Record; Related Intention

In this paper we describe eJason, a prototype implementation of Jason, the well-known agent-oriented programming language, in Erlang, a concurrent functional programming language. The reason for choosing Erlang as the implementation vehicle is the surprising number of similarities between Jason and...