Modeling agent conversations with colored petri nets
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1999-05-01
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R. Scott Cost, Ye Chen, Tim Finin, Yannis K Labrou, and Yun Peng, Modeling agent conversations with colored petri nets, Working notes of the Autonomous Agents '99 Workshop on Specifying and Implementing Conversation Policies, 1999, https://ebiquity.umbc.edu/paper/html/id/254/Modeling-agent-conversations-with-colored-petri-nets
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Abstract
Conversations are a useful means of structuring communica-
tive interactions among agents. The value of a conversation-
based approach is largely determined by the conversational
model it uses. Finite State Machines, used heavily to date
for this purpose, are not sufficient for complex agent inter-
actions requiring a notion of concurrency. We propose the
use of Colored Petri Nets as a model underlying a language
for conversation speci cation. This carries the relative sim-
plicity and graphical representation of the former approach,
along with greater expressive power and support for con-
currency. The construction of such a language, Protolin-
gua, is currently being investigated within the framework of
the Jackal agent development environment. In this paper,
we explore the use of Colored Petri Nets in modeling agent
communicative interaction.