Abstract
For the successful management of interactions in open multi-agent systems, a social framework is needed to complement a standard semantics and interaction protocols for agent communication. In this paper a rights-based framework in which interaction protocols and conversation policies acquire their meaning is presented. Rights improve interaction and facilitate social action in multi-agent domains. Rights allow agents enough freedom, and at the same time constrain them (prohibiting specific actions). A general framework for agent communication languages (ACLs) is proposed, defining a set of performatives (semantics) and showing why a set of conversation policies to guide agent’s interactions (pragmatics) is needed. Finally, we show how it is possible to model interaction protocols within a rights-based normative open MAS.
Keywords
- Communicative Action
- Multiagent System
- Agent Communication
- Deontic Logic
- Kripke Structure
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Agerri, R., Alonso, E. (2005). Semantics and Pragmatics for Agent Communication. In: Bento, C., Cardoso, A., Dias, G. (eds) Progress in Artificial Intelligence. EPIA 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 3808. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11595014_52
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