The KIPS Transactions:PartB (정보처리학회논문지B)

Korea Information Processing Society (한국정보처리학회)
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An Agent Communication Language for Negotiation in BDI Agents Environments

BDI 에이전트 환경에서 협상을 위한 에이전트 통신 언어

  • 이명진 (아시아전통과학대학교 인터넷비지니스학과) ;
  • 김진상 (계명대학교 컴퓨터공학부)
  • Published : 2003.02.01
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Abstract

Negotiation plays a fundamental role in human cooperative activities, allowing people to resolve conflicts that could interfere with cooperative behaviors. Negotiation In multi-agent systems is achieved through the exchange of messages In a shared agent communication language (ACL). We introduce a rational negotiation meta-language for autonomous, self-interested, and resource-bounded artificial BDI agents. We then propose a negotiation protocol for BDI agents with communicative acts based on their mental states.

인간의 협동적인 활동에서 협상은 협동적인 행위를 방해할 수 있는 충돌을 해결하는데 중요한 역할을 담당한다. 이를 위해 멀티 에이전트 시스템에서의 협상이 공통의 에이전트 통신 언어를 사용하는 메시지의 교환을 통해 진행한다고 가정한다. 본 논문에서는 자율적이고, 자기 목표에 충실하면, 한정된 자원을 가진 BDI 에이전트를 위한 합리적인 협상 메타 언어를 가정한다. 또한 에이전트의 정신적인 상태에 바탕을 두고 통신하는 BDI 에이전트를 위한 협상 프로토콜을 제안한다.

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