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Implementing Multi-party Agent Conversations

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Intelligent Problem Solving. Methodologies and Approaches (IEA/AIE 2000)

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Multi-Party agent conversations occur frequently in multi-agent systems, for example in brokering. However, clear, formal and unambiguous specifications of the semantics of such conversations are essential for open implementation by different developers. We address this issue by generalizing a protocol-based semantic framework for expressing the semantics of Agent Communication Languages. This is used to give formal specifications of brokerage protocols, which are implemented on top of an agent-oriented middleware system. We conclude that an emphasis on design and formal specification languages in agent communication leads to clearer interfaces, improved development prospects, better reuse and with a potentially significant impact on standardisation efforts.

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  1. Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine, Exhibition Road, London, SW7 2BT, UK

    Christos Stergiou, Jeremy Pitt, Frank Guerin & Alexander Artikis

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  1. The Center for Advanced Computer Studies, University of Lousiana, 2 Rex Street, Lafayette, LA, 70504-4330, USA

    Rasiah Logananthara

  2. Department of Neural Information Processing, University of Ulm, Oberer Eselsberg, 89069, Ulm, Germany

    Günther Palm

  3. Department of Computer Science, Southwest Texas State University, 601 University Drive, San Marcos, TX, 78666-4616, USA

    Moonis Ali

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Stergiou, C., Pitt, J., Guerin, F., Artikis, A. (2000). Implementing Multi-party Agent Conversations. In: Logananthara, R., Palm, G., Ali, M. (eds) Intelligent Problem Solving. Methodologies and Approaches. IEA/AIE 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 1821. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45049-1_2

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