AAMAS
1999
Springer
13 years 4 months ago
1999
Springer
Interaction protocols are specific, often standard, constraints on the behaviors of autonomous agents in a multiagent system. Protocols are essential to the functioning of open sys...
DKE
2007
13 years 4 months ago
2007
Interaction protocols enable agents to communicate with each other effectively. Whereas several approaches exist to specify interaction protocols, none of them has design tools t...
ICMAS
1998
13 years 5 months ago
1998
In automated negotiation systems consisting of selfinterested agents, contracts have traditionally been binding, i.e., impossible to breach. Such contracts do not allow the agents...
ATAL
2006
Springer
13 years 8 months ago
2006
Springer
A strength of commitment protocols is that they enable agents to act flexibly, thereby enabling them to accommodate varying local policies and respond to exceptions. A consequent ...
CRYPTO
2001
Springer
13 years 9 months ago
2001
Springer
d Abstract) Ran Canetti and Marc Fischlin Abstract. We propose a new security measure for commitment protocols, called Universally Composable (UC) Commitment. The measure guarantee...
ISCIS
2004
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
2004
Springer
Abstract. Commitments are a powerful abstraction for representing the interactions between agents. Commitments capture the content of the interactions declaratively and allow agent...
ATAL
2005
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
2005
Springer
This paper develops a model for exceptions and an approach for incorporating them in commitment protocols among autonomous agents. Modeling and handling exceptions is critical for...
ACOM
2006
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
2006
Springer
Interaction protocols enable agents to communicate with each other effectively. Whereas several approaches exist to specify interaction protocols, none of them has design tools th...
ATAL
2007
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
2007
Springer
Commitment protocols formalize interactions among autonomous, heterogeneous agents, leaving the agents’ local policies unspecified. This paper studies the problem of agents ena...