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Mexican International Conference on Artificial Intelligence

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A Framework for Agent-Based Brokering of Reasoning Services

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Many applications have shown that the combination of specialized reasoning systems, such as deduction and computation systems, can lead to synergetic effects. Often, a clever combination of different reasoning systems can solve problems that are beyond the problem solving horizon of single, stand-alone systems. Current platforms for the integration of reasoning systems typically lack abstraction, robustness, and automatic coordination of reasoners. We are currently developing a new framework for reasoning agents to solve these problems. Our framework builds on the FIPA specifications for multi-agent systems, formal service descriptions, and a central brokering mechanism. In this paper we present the architecture of our framework and our progress with the integration of automated theorem provers.

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  1. Mathematical Reasoning Group, School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Appleton Tower, Edinburgh, EH8 9LE, Scotland

    Jürgen Zimmer

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  1. Computer Science Department, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Estado de México, Carretera al lago de Guadalupe, Km 3.5, Atizapán, 52926, Mexico

    Raúl Monroy

  2. Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas, Reforma # 113, Col. Palmira, 62490, Morelos, Cuernavaca, Mexico

    Gustavo Arroyo-Figueroa

  3. Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica, Luis Enrique Erro No. 1, 72840, Puebla, México

    Luis Enrique Sucar

  4. Centro de Investigación en Computación – IPN, Av. Juan de Dios Batíz, esquina con Miguel Othón de Mendizábal, Ciudad de México, 07738, México

    Humberto Sossa

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Zimmer, J. (2004). A Framework for Agent-Based Brokering of Reasoning Services. In: Monroy, R., Arroyo-Figueroa, G., Sucar, L.E., Sossa, H. (eds) MICAI 2004: Advances in Artificial Intelligence. MICAI 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 2972. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-24694-7_22

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