The Interaction as an Integration Component for the JaCaMo Platform

Commitment-based Agent Interaction in JaCaMo+

“…Works like [50,37,43], that apply the platform in various contexts, and works like [54,70] that extend its functionalities, prove the interest it raises and its success.…”

“…Leaving aside the recent proposal in [70], that we discuss below, JaCaMo still lacks a synergistic integration of the fourth main dimension envisaged in [28], i.e., interaction. Traditionally, in JaCaMo interaction is realized either by way of ad hoc direct communication between agents, based on Jason speech acts [14,Chapter 6], or by relying on communication and coordination artifacts [53,12].…”

“…Traditionally, in JaCaMo interaction is realized either by way of ad hoc direct communication between agents, based on Jason speech acts [14,Chapter 6], or by relying on communication and coordination artifacts [53,12]. The advantages of the integration of interaction as a first-class component of JaCaMo would be many [70]. For instance, it would allow decoupling the interaction code from the agent code, and this would in turn increase the maintainability of the software with respect to solutions where the interaction code is distributed and immersed in the agent programs [31].…”

“…Many researchers claim that an effective way to approach the design and development of a MAS consists in conceiving it as a structure composed of four main entities: Agents, Environment, Interactions, and Organization (AEIO) [70,28,38]. Such a separation of concerns enjoys many advantages from a software engineering point of view, since it enables a modular development of code that eases code reuse and maintainability.…”

“…JaCaMo, however, lacks integration of interaction as a first-class component, being current solutions mostly ad hoc. We discuss them, and in particular [70], in the next section. This paper fills the gap by presenting the JaCaMo+ platform.…”