PASIBC - a novel .NET agent platform for knowledge based information systems

In this paper the PASIBC (Platforma Agent pentru Sisteme Informatice Bazate pe Cunostinte) agent platform is presented. We have implemented this platform in C# as a high performance multi-threading application and it is a novel agent platform that benefits from the .NET technology advantages. The platform subscribes to the FIFA agent platform model and it uses (through its agents) RDF ontologies. A new agent platform architecture is also proposed, architecture based on four layers: agent layer, communication layer, security layer and knowledge layer. As expected the PASIBC outperforms, with respect to the communication performance, existing Java based agent platforms and experimental results for the comparison with the JADE platform are presented.