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State-Based Modeling Method for Multiagent Conversation Protocols and Decision Activities

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In this paper an approach to model conversations and agents decision activities by using state-based models is presented. These models are parts of a layered architecture which separates the aspects regarding the communication from the decision activities of the agents. By this, application independent conversation protocols are defined. The application dependent parts of the model are formed by a sequence of activities an agent has to perform to solve a problem. The different layers of the architecture are separated from each other by well-defined interfaces.

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  1. Department of Process Automation, Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg, 21073, Hamburg

    Ralf König

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  1. Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Jaime G. Carbonell

  2. University of Saarland, Saabrücken, Germany

    Jörg Siekmann

  3. CSIRO Mathematical and Information Sciences, 723 Swanston Street, Carlton, 3053, Victoria, Australia

    Ryszard Kowalczyk

  4. Siemens AG, CT IC 6, Munich, Germany

    Jörg P. Müller

  5. Department of Computing, Glasgow Caledonian University, City Campus, 70 Cowcaddens Road, G4 0BA, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

    Huaglory Tianfield

  6. Institute for Computer Science, University of Essen, 45117, Essen, Germany

    Rainer Unland

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König, R. (2003). State-Based Modeling Method for Multiagent Conversation Protocols and Decision Activities. In: Carbonell, J.G., Siekmann, J., Kowalczyk, R., Müller, J.P., Tianfield, H., Unland, R. (eds) Agent Technologies, Infrastructures, Tools, and Applications for E-Services. NODe 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 2592. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-36559-1_13

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