CHOPRA, AMIT KHUSHWANT. Nonmonotonic Commitment Machines. (Under the direction of Dr. Munindar P. Singh). Protocols in open and dynamic multiagent systems cannot be modeled via fo...
We develop an approach in which we model communication protocols via commitment machines. Commitment machines supply a content to protocol states and actions in terms of the social...
Abstract. Agent interaction protocols are usually specified in terms of permissible sequences of messages. This representation is, unfortunately, brittle and does not allow for ...
Today many people with serious diseases use online support groups to seek social support. For these groups to be sustained and effective, member retention and commitment is import...