Aspects of protocol conformance in inter-agent dialogue

ABSTRACT

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 runtime for a specific class of logic-based agents.

REFERENCES

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  I. Computing Methodologies
  I.2 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
        I.2.11 Distributed Artificial Intelligence
            Subjects: Multiagent systems

General Terms:
Theory

Keywords:
agent communication protocols, logic-based agents