Interaction protocol
Encyclopedia
Interaction protocols are possible communication scenarios between individual agents in multi-agent system
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FIPA
defines markup for interaction protocol diagrams and several standard interaction protocols, including Dutch auction
, English auction
and reply-response.
Multi-agent system
A multi-agent system is a system composed of multiple interacting intelligent agents. Multi-agent systems can be used to solve problems that are difficult or impossible for an individual agent or a monolithic system to solve...
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FIPA
FIPA
The Foundation for Intelligent Physical Agents is a body for developing and setting computer software standards for heterogeneous and interacting agents and agent-based systems....
defines markup for interaction protocol diagrams and several standard interaction protocols, including Dutch auction
Dutch auction
A Dutch auction is a type of auction where the auctioneer begins with a high asking price which is lowered until some participant is willing to accept the auctioneer's price, or a predetermined reserve price is reached. The winning participant pays the last announced price...
, English auction
English auction
An English auction is a type of auction, whose most typical form is the "open outcry" auction. The auctioneer opens the auction by announcing a Suggested Opening Bid, a starting price or reserve for the item on sale and then accepts increasingly higher bids from the floor consisting of buyers with...
and reply-response.