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Products

• JACK®
  • Documentation and Instructional Material
    • JACK Documentation
    • JACK Programming FAQ
      • Do I need Java on my computer?
      • Do you provide any documentation?
      • Do you provide any examples using the JACK Development Environment?
      • Do you provide any examples?
      • How are plans scheduled and how many threads does JACK® use itself?
      • I didn't get my password sent to me? Why this?!
      • I get strange compilation errors but if I clean up first everything is ok. Why is that?
      • I get the message "New Executor spawned due to mis-behaving agent". What's going on?
      • My JACK® program just hangs and does nothing.
      • My Windows computer tells me that "Registry key 'Software\JavaSoft\Java Runtime Environment\CurrentVersion' has value xxx, but yyy is required". What should I do?
      • The JACK® Compiler tells me "** couldn't execute **". What does this mean?
      • Why do I need to give you my email address?
      • Why doesn't my JACK® program exit?
    • Installation FAQ
      • I filled in the registration form. Where is my password?
      • Why doesn't the installation work properly on Windows Server 2003?
      • When I try to install I get "Magic number did not match"
      • Can JACK be installed on mobile or real-time operating systems?
    • Agent Concepts and Techniques FAQ
      • What is BDI?
      • What are "Capabilities"?
      • How do I integrate JACK® agents with legacy applications?
      • What reasoning models does JACK® support?
      • What communication protocols does JACK® use?
      • How do I write distributed agent applications in JACK®?
      • How efficient are JACK® agents?
    • Installation Process
    • JACK Release Notes
    • Academic Licensing Policy
    • Technical Requirements
      • Development Requirements
      • Execution Requirements
• JACKTeams™
• JACK Sim™
• C-BDI™
• CoJACK™
  • Download CoJACK
• Surveillance Agent™
• iWD™ (intelligent Watchdog)
• iGMTI™ (intelligent Ground Moving Target Indicator)
• RIB™ (Reactive Information Broker)

Technical Services

• Courses
• Software Engineering & Development
• Partnerships

Applications

• Realistic Virtual Actors
  • Iraqi Marketplace (video clip)
  • Suspect Package in London (video clip)
  • Bomb-Sniffing Dog (video clip)
• Rules of Engagement
• Oil and Gas
• Intelligent PHM
• Human Behaviour Representation

Featured Research

• Research Using JACK
  • Agent based impact analysis of an air traffic management system
  • Developing a person-following mobile robot using Prometheus and JACK
  • Using JACK to control substation automation systems
  • “Plug & Produce” Functions for a Robotic Assembly Cell
• Scientific and Technical Publications
  • Human Behaviour Representation
    • CoJACK – Achieving Principled Behaviour Variation in a Moderated Cognitive Architecture
    • Modeling Rules of Engagement in Computer Generated Forces
    • Populating VBS2 with Realistic Virtual Actors
  • Repository of Workshop Papers
    • AAMAS 2003 Workshop (W5)
    • IJCAI'99 Workshop on Teams
• Media Articles
  • Partnerships and Collaboration
    • Defence and Aerospace Case Study
    • Human Variability in CGF (UK MoD)
      • Agents of Change (The Bulletin magazine)
      • Cracker JACK Set for Combat (The Age Newspaper)
      • Human Frailties (Radio National transcript)
    • DSTO Link "Critical" in Major UK Contract Success
    • Good Behaviour (the basis for a new IP agreement)
    • Move over 007 (DSTO Intelligent Agents Centre)
  • Serious Games and Virtual Actors
    • The Artificial Intelligence of CoJACK
    • Virtual Agents (AAMAS 2003 Report in APC Mag)
    • Intelligent Virtual Actors (The Bulletin)
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
    • Aviation Week and Space Technology

News

• UK 2013 – Wrap Up
• Autonomy Group Meets in London
• Innovate UK 2013
• Farnborough 2012 – Wrap Up
• New Publication on Autonomous Systems
• ASTRAEA Magazine Now Available
• AOS at Farnborough 2012
• ASTRAEA Begins Unmanned Aircraft Trials
• AOS is Recruiting!
• JACK User Group
• AOS (UK) Office Move
• AOS-supported PhD at University of York
• AOS Featured in APDR Article on Successful SMEs
• Unmanned Aerial Warfare – The Economist
• USIC 2011 - San Diego
• RAeS UAS Conference 2011
• Agent based impact analysis of an air traffic management system
• AUVSI North America Update
• International Offshore Petroleum Regulators and Operators Summit
• AUVSI 2011
• APPEA National Oil & Gas Safety Conference 2011
• Developing a person-following mobile robot using Prometheus and JACK
• Using JACK to control substation automation systems
• AOS at AUVSI's Unmanned Systems NA, 2011
• Special Operations Forces Industry Conference (SOFIC)
• Safety-Critical Systems Workshop
• Defence and Aerospace Case Studies
• AOS Visits the PSA, Norway
• AGFT and GameTech 2011
• Cranfield University teams with AOS on ASTRAEA
• Avalon Airshow 2011
• AOS Presents at "Autonomy in IO" Conference
• AOS Awarded Commercialisation Australia Funding
• Focusing on Autonomy
• I/ITSEC 2010
• DMO GSC Industry Forum – Shaping the Future
• Andrew Lucas is RAeS Keynote Speaker
• Presentation at Institution of Engineering & Technology
• AUVSI 2010 Conference in Denver
• AOS Wraps Up at Farnborough 2010
• AOS Melbourne at the Farnborough Airshow
• AOS UK at Farnborough 2010
• CoJACK Debuts at FLETC
• AOS at the BLC
• AOS Receives Technology Innovation Award
• AOS at SimTecT 2010, Brisbane
• 2010 GameTech Conference in Florida
• Oil Industry's Discovery of Autonomy
• CoJACK/VBS2 Demonstrated for INSTINCT Programme
• AOS Signs Contract with MoD
• A|D|S – A New Merger of Aerospace, Defence and Security in the UK
• CoJACK at Camp Pendleton
• I/ITSEC 2009 Review
• AOS on Stand 741 at I/ITSEC 2009
• I/ITSEC 2009 – 30 November to 3 December
• Autonomous Systems: Social, Legal and Ethical Issues
• Second Simulation Showcase in London
• IO 09 Science and Practice
• Inaugural Meeting: Autonomous Systems NTC
• AUVSI 2009
• ASTRAEA 2 – an Update
• AOS attends Boeing Global Supply Chain Conferences
• Commercial Games Workshop
• AOS at SimTecT 2009
• AOS at ITEC 2009
• Brussels: 12 - 14 May, ITEC 2009
• Game Developers Conference and BRIMS 2009
• Upcoming Events: AOS at Game Developers Conference and BRIMS 2009
• AOS Joins New UAS Sub-Committee
• Customer Profile: StatoilHydro
• AOS Presentation at BRIMS 2009
• New Project for AOS UK
• I/ITSEC 2008
• Italian Videogame Developers Conference
• ASTRAEA – November Update (2008)
• US Autumn JACK Course
• Relocation of Melbourne Product Centre
• JACK 5.4 and New Logos
• JACK Decision-making for Taranis UCAV
• ASTRAEA at Farnborough Airshow 2008
• Farnborough Air Show, 2008
• JACK Courses
• Best Paper – BRIMS 2007
• AOS - a Founding Partner in ASTRAEA
• AOS Joins CMU's Red Team for DARPA Grand Challenge
• AOS a Winner in Prestigious UK Trade & Investment International Business Awards
• First Flight — True UAV Autonomy At Last
• Robocup 2001, Robot Soccer Competition, JACK Plays Football

Support

• Course Interest Form
• JACK User Group
• General Enquiry
• Product Support Enquiry
• JACK Academic Licence Renewal

Contact Us

• Travelling to AOS NA
• Travelling to AOS UK
• Travelling to AOS Australia

Autonomy and Agents

• Autonomous Systems
  • Automation
  • Autonomy
  • Constructing Autonomous Systems
  • Autonomous and Semi-Autonomous Software Systems
• Agent Technology
  • The Challenge of Software Complexity
  • A Real-World Example of Complexity
    • Runway Chaos
    • Holding Aircraft
    • Where is the Complexity?
    • Too Much Interaction and Complexity Leads to a Need for Delegation
    • Using Standard Software Approaches is Extremely Unwieldy
    • JACK Agents Inherently Reduce Complexity
  • What are Software Agents?
  • But are Software Agents for Me?
  • AOS – Provides the World's Leading Agent Tools

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