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