Enacting and Deacting Roles in Agent Programming

In the paper we study the dynamics of roles played by agents in multiagent systems. We capture role dynamics in terms of four operation performed by agents: ‘enactment’, ‘deactment’, ‘activate’, and ‘deactivate’. The use of these operations are motivated, in particular for open systems. A formal semantics for these operations are provided. This formalization is aimed at serving as a basis for implementation of role dynamics in an agent programming language such as 3APL.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2004
• Where: AOSE
• Authors: Mehdi Dastani, Birna van Riemsdijk, Joris Hulstijn, Frank Dignum, John-Jules Ch. Meyer
• Keywords: Agent Programming Language, AOSE 2004, Multiagent Systems, Role Dynamics