Communication in Multiagent Systems: Agent Communication Languages and Conversation PoliciesAuthor: Marc-Philippe Huget Published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg ISBN: 978-3-540-40385-2 DOI: 10.1007/b12446Table of Contents:Elements of a Plan-Based Theory of Speech Acts Agent Communication Languages: Rethinking the Principles Negotiation as a Metaphor for Distributed Problem Solving Verification and Compliance Testing Process Algebra for Agent Communication: A General Semantic Approach Hierarchical Information Combination in Large-Scale Multiagent Resource Management A Perspective on Multiagent Coordination Models Argumentation-Based Communication between Agents Interaction Protocol Engineering An Organisational Approach to the Design of Interaction Protocols Design Agent Interaction as a Service to Agents A FIPA Compliant Goal Delegation Protocol Communication for Goal Directed Agents When Are Two Protocols the Same? Dialogue Game Protocols Request for Action Reconsidered as a Dialogue Game Based on Commitments Computational Model of Believable Conversational Agents The Future of Agent Communication, Includes bibliographical references and index