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synchronization
The problem of designing the interactions between processes, typically to ensure that they do not destructively interfere with one another.
speech act theory
A pragmatic theory of speech, which views utterances as actions, and considers the way in which agents use language to achieve their goal.
performatives
In agent communication, performatives are essentially, message types
locutionary act
A speech act
illocution
A term usually used to refer to a speech act.
perlocution
The intended effect of a speech act.
felicity conditions
In speech act theory (and in particular the work of Searle), conditions defining when a speech act could be said to have truly taken place.
representatives
A representative act commits the speaker to the truth of an expressed proposition. The paradigm case is informing.
directives
A directive is an attempt on the part of the speaker to get the hearer to do something. Paradigm case: requesting.
commissives
Commit the speaker to a course of action. Paradigm case: promising.
expressives
Express some psychological state (gratitude, for example). Paradigm case: thanking.
declarations
Effect some changes in an institutional state of affairs. Paradigm case: declaring war.
mediating act
In the plan-based theory of speech acts, an act that links the hearing of a speech act to its desired effect.
KQML
The Knowledge Query and Manipulation Language - an agent communication language
virtual knowledge base
In the semantics of KQML-based agent communication, we attribute a virtual knowledge base to an agent in order to be able to talk about it as if it had such a knowledge base, even though we do not require that KQML agents actually explicitly have such a knowledge base.
FIPA
Foundation for Intelligent Physical Agents - a standardization organization for agent systems, particularly agent communication languages.
FIPA semantics
na
rational effect
What an agent hopes to achieve by performing a speech act.
semantic conformance testing
na
JADE container
A programming construct used in the JADE Java-based implementation of the FIPA agent communication language.
main container
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