The State of the Art in Agent Communication Languages |
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Authors: | Mamadou Tadiou Kone Akira Shimazu Tatsuo Nakajima |
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Affiliation: | (1) Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Ishikawa-ken, Japan, JP;(2) Waseda University, Tokyo, JP |
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Abstract: | Like societies of humans, there is a need for agents in a multi-agent system to rely on one another, enlist the support of
peers in order to solve complex tasks. Agents will be able to cooperate only through a meaningful communication language that
can bear correctly their mental states and convey precisely the content of their messages. In search for the ideal agent communication
language (ACL), several initiatives like the pioneering work of the Knowledge Sharing Effort and the Foundation for Intelligent
Physical Agents (FIPA) are paving the way for a platform where all agents would be able to interact regardless of their implementation
environment. ACL is a new field of study that could gain from a survey in expanding its application areas. For this purpose,
we examine in this paper the state of the art in ACL design and suggest some principles for building a generalized ACL framework.
We then evaluate some existing ACL models, and present the current issues in ACL research, and new perspectives.
Received 22 July 1999 / Revised 23 March 2000 / Accepted 2 May 2000 |
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Keywords: | : ACL Agent Communication Languages Agent interoperation Communicative acts FIPA KQML Mobile agents Multi-agent systems |
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