MaDKit is a multiagent-based development platform written in Java. MaDKit is designed to easily build distributed applications and simulations using the multiagent paradigm and features:
- Artificial agents creation and life cycle management
- An organizational infrastructure for communication between agents, structuring the application
- High heterogeneity in agent architectures: No predefined agent model
- Multi-Agent based simulation and simulator authoring tools
- Multi-agent based distributed application authoring facilities
In contrast to conventional approaches, which are mostly agent-centered, MaDKit follows an organization-centered approach OCMAS so that there is no predefnied agent model in MaDKit. So, MaDKit is built upon the AGR (Agent/Group/Role) organizational model: MaDKit agents play roles in groups and thus create artificial societies.