Defining Interaction Protocols using a Commitment-based Agent Communication Language

Proceedings of the International Conference on Autonomous Agents

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 520-527

  Fornara, Nicoletta ^a   Colombetti, Marco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agent communication language; Auction; Commitment; Communicative act; Interaction protocol; Open interaction system

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; INTERNET; SEMANTICS;

AGENT COMMUNICATION LANGUAGE; AUCTION; COMMITMENT; COMMUNICATIVE ACT; INTERACTION PROTOCOLS; INTERACTIVE PROTOCOL; OPEN INTERACTION SYSTEM;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 1142280927     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/860658.860659     Document Type: Conference Paper

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