Compendious Study of Interaction Protocols in Multiagent Systems

  • Authors

    • Dimple Juneja
    • Chetali Dhiman
    • Savneet Monga
    • Ashutosh Kumar Singh
    2018-07-07
    https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i3.8.15208
  • Agents, Agent Communication Language (ACL), Agent Communication Protocols, Distributed Artificial Intelligence (DAI), Multiagent Systems(MAS).

  • Abstract

    The premise of the paper is to present a compendious study of interaction protocols pertaining to multiagent systems. Multiagent systems have evolved from the field of Distributed Artificial Intelligence and require numerous agents to cooperate and coordinate to cope with goal search. The primary ingredients to goal search are the language of communication and the interaction protocol. Agents in communication must be able to understand the language of communication and should also follow rules of interaction. The paper focuses on sharing understanding about various agent interaction protocols and it also discusses the promises and challenges each protocol offers to MAS research community.

     

     

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    Juneja, D., Dhiman, C., Monga, S., & Kumar Singh, A. (2018). Compendious Study of Interaction Protocols in Multiagent Systems. International Journal of Engineering & Technology, 7(3.8), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i3.8.15208

    Received date: 2018-07-06

    Accepted date: 2018-07-06

    Published date: 2018-07-07