LightJason, a Highly Scalable and Concurrent Agent Framework: Overview and Application

Malte Aschermann (Technische Universität Clausthal), Sophie Dennisen (Technische Universität Clausthal), Philipp Kraus (Technische Universität Clausthal), Jörg P. Müller (Technische Universität Clausthal)

Abstract

Multiagent systems (MAS) provide useful abstractions for modelling and simulating complex socio-technical systems. However, existing open-source platforms suffer from serious issues including limited scalability, inflexible software architecture, and poor support for web deployment. This demo presents an overview and an application of LightJason, a highly scalable Java-based platform for agent-oriented programming (AOP) and simulation. We outline the architectural features of LightJason and showcase its applicability using an example of a browser-based web application implementing a traffic serious game devised to teach an interdisciplinary student team in MAS and AOP.