A first attempt to develop a standardized agent communication language (ACL) resulted in KQML, probably the most widely used such language. However, a lot of technical work remains to be done. Even worse, so far, there seems to be little consensus on the basics of agent communication and there is no clear understanding of the semantics of individual speech acts or even of the basic concepts that should be used to define the semantics.
This book documents two workshops on communication in MAS held in 1999, one on Specifying and Implementing Conversation Policies (SICP) and the other in Agent Communication Languages and presents the current state of the art of research in the field. A detailed introductory overview by the volume editors highlights a number of issues that play an important role in agent communication.
Author(s): Frank Dignum, Mark Greaves (auth.), Frank Dignum, Mark Greaves (eds.)
Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science 1916 : Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2000
Language: English
Pages: 351
Tags: Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics); Computer Communication Networks; Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters; Software Engineering; Logics and Meanings of Programs
Front Matter....Pages -
Issues in Agent Communication: An Introduction....Pages 1-16
Semantic, Normative and Practical Aspects of Agent Communication....Pages 17-30
A Social Semantics for Agent Communication Languages....Pages 31-45
Some Legal Aspects of Inter-agent Communication: From the Sincerity Condition to ‘Ethical’ Agents....Pages 46-62
Semantics of Communicating Agents Based on Deduction and Abduction....Pages 63-79
Operational Semantics for Agent Communication Languages....Pages 80-95
An Approach to Using XML and a Rule-Based Content Language with an Agent Communication Language....Pages 96-117
What Is a Conversation Policy?....Pages 118-131
The Role of Conversation Policy in Carrying Out Agent Conversations....Pages 132-143
On Conversation Policies and the Need for Exceptions....Pages 144-159
Communication Protocols in Multi-agent Systems: A Development Method and Reference Architecture....Pages 160-177
Using Colored Petri Nets for Conversation Modeling....Pages 178-192
A Schema-Based Approach to Specifying Conversation Policies....Pages 193-204
Constructing Robust Conversation Policies in Dynamic Agent Communities....Pages 205-219
Conversation Oriented Programming for Agent Interaction....Pages 220-234
ACL as a Joint Project between Participants: A Preliminary Report....Pages 235-248
Conversation Protocols: Modeling and Implementing Conversations in Agent-Based Systems....Pages 249-263
Dialogue in Team Formation....Pages 264-280
Uncertain Knowledge Representation and Communicative Behavior in Coordinated Defense....Pages 281-300
On Abstract Models and Conversation Policies....Pages 301-313
Investigating Interactions between Agent Conversations and Agent Control Components....Pages 314-330
An Executable Model of the Interaction between Verbal and Non-verbal Communication....Pages 331-350
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