Abstract. We address the issue of semantics for an agent communication language. In particular, the semantics of Knowledge Query Manipulation Language (KQML) is investigated. KQML ...
This paper investigates the effects of two different communication protocols within an artificial society, where communication and cooperation is necessary to survive. Communicat...
Abstract. This paper considers the combination of agent communication and ontology alignment within a group of heterogeneous agents. The agents align their ontologies by constructi...
Jurriaan van Diggelen, Robbert-Jan Beun, Frank Dig...
We identify different levels of conformance to a protocol (weak, exhaustive, and robust conformance) and show how conformance may be either checked a priori or enforced at runtim...
Ulrich Endriss, Nicolas Maudet, Fariba Sadri, Fran...
This paper proposes a multi-agent system architecture based on introspective agents provided with an expressive communication language and reasoning capabilities on their skills. ...