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Much
multi-agent systems work is grounded in Agent
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Communication
Languages (e.g., KQML, FIPA) and
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associated
software infrastructure such as the DARPA Grid
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The
paradigm has been peer-to-peer message oriented
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communication
mediated by brokers and facilitators.
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The
DAML program invites different paradigms which will
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require
some changes in ACLs and their associates software
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systems.
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Agents
“publish” beliefs, requests, and other “speech acts”
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on web
pages.
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Agents
“discover” what peers have published on the web.
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The
software agent research community is very interested in
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the
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