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http://dx.doi.org/10.3745/KIPSTD.2004.11D.5.1177

A Multi-Agent Platform Capable of Handling Ad Hoc Conversation Policies  

Ahn, Hyung-Jun (KAIST 테크노경영대학원)
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The KIPS Transactions:PartD / v.11D, no.5, 2004 , pp. 1177-1188 More about this Journal
Abstract
Multi-agent systems have been developed for supporting intelligent collaboration of distributed and independent software entities and are be-ing widely used for various applications. For the collaboration among agents, conversation policies (or interaction protocols) mutually agreed by agents are used. In today's dynamic electronic market environment, there can be frequent changes in conversation policies induced by the changes in transaction methods in the market, and thus, the importance of ad hoc conversation policies is increasing. In existing agent platforms, they allow the use of only several standard or fixed conversation policies, which requires inevitable re implementation for ad hoc conversation policies and leads to inefficiency and intricacy. This paper designs an agent platform that supports ad hoc conversation policies and presents the prototype implementation. The suggested system includes an exchangeable and interpretable conversation policy model, a meta conversation procedure for exchanging new conversation policies, and a mechanism for performing actual transactions with exchanged conversation policies in run time in an adaptive way.
Keywords
Multi Agent System; Conversation Policy; Interaction Protocol; Change Adaptation;
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