This paper proposes a simple framework for building 'virtual networking agents'; programs that can communicate with users and collect information through the internet. T...
In multi-agent systems, agents need to share information in order to make good decisions. Who does what in order to achieve this matters a lot. The assignment of responsibility in...
Tim Harbers, Rajiv T. Maheswaran, Pedro A. Szekely
Abstract. The newscast model is a general approach for communication in large agent-based distributed systems. The two basic services— membership management and information disse...
We present a novel approach to interaction-oriented programming based on declaratively representing communication protocols. Our approach exhibits the following distinguishing fea...
Interaction protocols enable agents to communicate with each other effectively. Whereas several approaches exist to specify interaction protocols, none of them has design tools t...