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spyse is a development framework and platform for building multi-agent systems
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using the Python programming language. A multi-agent system (MAS) combines
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concepts from distributed computing and artificial intelligence. Agents are
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autonomously reasoning software entities that can collaborate (or compete) in
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order to achieve a (common) goal. By cooperating they create emergent behaviour
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in the system (distributed artificial intelligence). The architecture of a MAS
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is specified in the FIPA standard.
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Spyse provides multiple means for reasoning (BDI logics, CLIPS expert shell)
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and communicating locally and remotely.Each agent has its own thread of control.
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Agents within and among instances of the platform communicate by
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exchanging messages based on ontologies. Spyse makes use of the Web Ontology
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Language (OWL) defined for the Semantic Web.
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Furthermore, spyse is coupled to the Zope web application server in order to
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provide for access to the MAS via a dynamic Web interface.
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