Issues in Agent Communication

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Dignum, Frank (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Greaves, Mark (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2000.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2000.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence ; 1916
• Subjects: Artificial intelligence.; Computer communication systems.; Programming languages (Electronic computers).; Software engineering.; Computer logic.; Artificial Intelligence.; Computer Communication Networks.; Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters.; Software Engineering.; Logics and Meanings of Programs.

A first attempt to develop a standardized agent communication language (ACL) resulted in KQML, probably the most widely used such language. However, a lot of technical work remains to be done. Even worse, so far, there seems to be little consensus on the basics of agent communication and there is no...