| Description |
x, 350 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Lecture notes in computer science ; 1916. Lecture notes in artificial intelligence |
|
Lecture notes in computer science ; 1916
|
|
Lecture notes in computer science. Lecture notes in artificial intelligence.
|
| Contents |
ACL semantics and practice -- Issues in agent communication: an introduction / Frank Dignum and Mark Greaves -- Semantic, normative and practical aspects of agent communication / Marco Colombetti -- Social semantics for agent communcation languages / Munindar P. Singh -- Some legal aspects of inter-agent communication: from the sincerity condition to 'ethical' agents / Jeremy Pitt and Abe Mamdani -- Semantics of communicating agents based on deduction and abduction / Koen V. Hindriks [and others] -- Operational semantics for agent commnication languages / Rogier M. van Eijk [and others] -- Approach to using XML and a rule-based content language with an agent communication language / Benjamin N. Grosof and Yannis Labrou -- Conversation policy description -- What is a conversation policy? / Mark Greaves, Heather Holmback, and Jeffrey Bradshaw -- Role of conversation policy in carrying out agent conversations / Lawrence R. Phillips and Hamilton E. Link -- On conversation policies and the need for exceptions / Scott A. Moore -- Communication protocols in multi-agent systems: a development method and reference architecture / Jeremy Pitt and Abe Mamdani -- Conversation specification -- Using colored petri nets for conversation modeling / Rost S. Cost [and others] -- Schema-based approach to specifying conversation policies / Fuhua Lin [and others] -- Constructing robust conversation policies in dynamic agent communities / Marian H. Nodine and Amy Unruh -- Conversation oriented programming for agent interaction / Mihai Barbuceanu and Wai-Kau Lo -- ACL as a joint project between participants: a preliminary report / Laurent Vongkasem and Brahim Chaib-draa -- Conversation protocols: modeling and implementing conversations in agent-based systems / Francisco J. Martin [and others] -- Conversations and tasks -- Dialogue in team formation / Frank Dignum [and others] -- Uncertain knowledge representation and communicative behavior in coordinated defense / Sanguk Noh and Piotr J. Gmytrasiewicz -- On abstract models and conversation policies / Renée Elio and Afsaneh Haddadi -- Investigating interactions between agent conversations and agent control components / Thomas Wagner [and others] -- Executable modal of the interaction between verbal and non-verbal communication / Catholijn M. Jonker [and others] |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
|
Lecture notes in computer science. no:1916 0302-9743 |
| Subject |
Intelligent agents (Computer software)
|
| Author |
Dignum, Frank, 1961-
|
|
Greaves, Mark, 1965-
|
| LC no. |
00049224 |
| ISBN |
3540411445 softcover alkaline paper |
|
