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Dynamic Execution of Coordination Protocols in Open and Distributed Multi-Agent Systems

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Agent and Multi-Agent Systems: Technologies and Applications (KES-AMSTA 2009)

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Coordination protocols are widely recognized as an efficient mechanism to support agent interaction involved in modern Multi-Agent System (MAS) applications. This paper proposes a solution for dynamic execution of coordination protocols in such open and distributed MAS applications. More precisely, this paper shows how agents can dynamically take part in conversations, where the role they are intended to hold within a protocol is played without the need of prior knowledge.

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  1. Department of Computer and Systems Science, Stockholm University, Forum 100, 164 40, Kista, Sweden

    Anne Håkansson

  2. Institute of Informatics, Wroclaw University of Technology, Str. Janiszweskiego 11/17, 50-370, Wroclaw, Poland

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  3. Department of Computer Science, Franklin University, 201 South Grant Ave., 43215, Columbus, Ohio, USA

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  4. School of Environment and Technology, Centre for SMART Systems, University of Brighton, BN2 4GJ, Brighton, UK

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Bouaziz, W., Andonoff, E. (2009). Dynamic Execution of Coordination Protocols in Open and Distributed Multi-Agent Systems. In: Håkansson, A., Nguyen, N.T., Hartung, R.L., Howlett, R.J., Jain, L.C. (eds) Agent and Multi-Agent Systems: Technologies and Applications. KES-AMSTA 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 5559. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01665-3_61

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