Communication in Multiagent Systems Agent Communication Languages and Conversation Policies /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Huget, Marc-Phillipe (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2003.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2003.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence ; 2650
• Subjects: Artificial intelligence.; Computer communication systems.; Software engineering.; Computer logic.; Artificial Intelligence.; Computer Communication Networks.; Software Engineering.; Logics and Meanings of Programs.

Agents in multiagent systems are concurrent autonomous entities that need to coordinate and to cooperate so as to perform their tasks; these coordination and cooperation tasks might be achieved through communication. Communication, also called interaction by some authors, thus represents one of the...