Agent communication

Abstract

Traditional one-to-one communication communication à la Shannon as proposed in distributed systems is no longer the best means for communication between agents. Agents are interacting in the sense that they are communicating and expect some reactions from their messages. Agent communication, preferably named agent interaction, requires higher-level communication means such as an agent communication language agent communication language and dialogue games to name a few. In this chapter, we present the different tools available for agent communication: agent communication languages, protocols, dialogue games, argumentation systems, and multi-party communication.