Table of contents : Front Matter....Pages - Elements of a Plan-Based Theory of Speech Acts....Pages 1-36 Agent Communication Languages: Rethinking the Principles....Pages 37-50 Negotiation as a Metaphor for Distributed Problem Solving....Pages 51-97 Verification and Compliance Testing....Pages 98-112 Process Algebra for Agent Communication: A General Semantic Approach....Pages 113-128 Hierarchical Information Combination in Large-Scale Multiagent Resource Management....Pages 129-145 A Perspective on Multiagent Coordination Models....Pages 146-163 Argumentation-Based Communication between Agents....Pages 164-178 Interaction Protocol Engineering....Pages 179-193 An Organisational Approach to the Design of Interaction Protocols....Pages 194-208 Design Agent Interaction as a Service to Agents....Pages 209-222 A FIPA Compliant Goal Delegation Protocol....Pages 223-238 Communication for Goal Directed Agents....Pages 239-252 When Are Two Protocols the Same?....Pages 253-268 Dialogue Game Protocols....Pages 269-283 Request for Action Reconsidered as a Dialogue Game Based on Commitments....Pages 284-299 Computational Model of Believable Conversational Agents....Pages 300-317 The Future of Agent Communication....Pages 318-322 Back Matter....Pages -