T-Compound Interaction and Overhearing Agents

Overhearing is an indirect interaction type that enacts agents to listen to direct interactions among other agents without taking explicit part in the exchanges. In this paper, we propose a formal model of overhearing named T-compound and a methodology to describe generalised interaction networks in Multi-Agent Systems. The compound is defined with the π-calculus as an interaction composite. It is handled as an interaction primitive distinct from the traditional point-to-point one, so that our methodology can treat both cases homogeneously.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2004
• Where: ESAW
• Authors: Eric Platon, Nicolas Sabouret, Shinichi Honiden
• Keywords: ESAW 2004, Indirect Interaction Type, Interaction Networks, Interaction Primitive Distinct