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The conceptual framework of MAI2L

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From Reaction to Cognition (MAAMAW 1993)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNAI,volume 957))

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This paper describes the key concepts behind the Multi-Agent Implementation and Interaction Language, MAI2L. The three major design requirements of rationality, reactivity and generic cooperation are explained and the architecture to support them is detailed.

This work was funded in part by the Esprit II Project 5362, IMAGINE.

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  1. Siemens AG, c/o DFKI, P.O. Box 2080, D-67608, Kaiserslautern, Germany

    Donald Steiner

  2. DFKI, P.O. Box 2080, D-67608, Kaiserslautern, Germany

    Alastair Burt & Michael Kolb

  3. Steria, 12 Rue Paul Dautier, F-78140, Velizy-Villacoublay, France

    Christelle Lerin

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Cristiano Castelfranchi Jean-Pierre Müller

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Steiner, D., Burt, A., Kolb, M., Lerin, C. (1995). The conceptual framework of MAI2L. In: Castelfranchi, C., Müller, JP. (eds) From Reaction to Cognition. MAAMAW 1993. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 957. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0027066

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