caa a22 4500 605514895 CHVBK 20210128100706.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10458-014-9251-7 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10458-014-9251-7 Dynamically generated commitment protocols in open systems [Elektronische Daten] [Akın Günay, Michael Winikoff, Pınar Yolum] Agent interaction is a fundamental part of any multiagent system. Such interactions are usually regulated by protocols, which are typically defined at design-time. However, in many situations a protocol may not exist or the available protocols may not fit the needs of the agents. In order to deal with such situations agents should be able to generate protocols at runtime. In this paper we develop a three-phase framework to enable agents to create a commitment protocol dynamically. In the first phase one of the agents generates candidate commitment protocols, by considering its goals, its abilities and its knowledge about the other agents' services. We propose two algorithms that ensure that each generated protocol allows the agent to reach its goals if the protocol is enacted. The second phase is ranking of the generated protocols in terms of their expected utility in order to select the one that best suits the agent. The third phase is the negotiation of the protocol between agents that will enact the protocol so that the agents can agree on a protocol that will be used for enactment. We demonstrate the applicability of our approach using a case study. The Author(s), 2014 Commitment protocol nationallicence Generation nationallicence Ranking nationallicence Günay Akın School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore aut Winikoff Michael Department of Information Science, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand aut Yolum Pınar Department of Computer Engineering, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey aut Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 29/2(2015-03-01), 192-229 1387-2532 29:2<192 2015 29 10458 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10458-014-9251-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10458-014-9251-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Günay Akın School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Winikoff Michael Department of Information Science, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yolum Pınar Department of Computer Engineering, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 29/2(2015-03-01), 192-229 1387-2532 29:2<192 2015 29 10458