Communication in Multiagent Systems: Agent Communication Languages and Conversation Policies [1 ed.] 354040385X, 9783540403852

Agents in multiagent systems are concurrent autonomous entities that need to coordinate and to cooperate so as to perfor

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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 -

Communication in Multiagent Systems: Agent Communication Languages and Conversation Policies [1 ed.]
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