Cost, R. ScottFinin, TimLabrou, YannisLua, XiaochengPeng, YunSoboroff, IanMayfield, JamesBoughannam, Akram2019-02-082019-02-081998-07-26R. Scott Cost, Tim Finin, Yannis Labrou, Xiaocheng Luan, Yun Peng, Ian Soboroff, James Mayfield, Akram Boughannam, Jackal: a Java-based Tool for Agent Development, Workshop on Tools for Agent Development, https://www.aaai.org/Papers/Workshops/1998/WS-98-10/WS98-10-009.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/12745Workshop on Tools for Agent DevelopmentJackal is a Java-based tool for communicating with the KQML agent communication language. Some features which make it extremely valuable to agent development are its conversation management facilities, flexible, blackboard style interface and ease of integration. Jackal has been developed in support of an investigation of the use of agents in shop oor information ow. This paper describes Jackal at a surface and design level, and presents an example of its use in agent construction.10 pagesen-USThis item is likely protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. Unless on a Creative Commons license, for uses protected by Copyright Law, contact the copyright holder or the author.agentjackaljava-based toolagent developmentUMBC Ebiquity Research GroupText