2COMM: a commitment-based MAS architecture

Abstract. This paper proposes a multi-agent system architecture where agent interaction is ruled with the help of commitment-based interaction protocols. Commitment protocols are embodied into artifacts which can be accessed and used by the interacting agents. Ideally, the architecture is orthogonal to the language that is used to specify the commitment protocols. In this paper we rely on Yolum and Singh’s proposal. The implementation that is described relies on the well-known JADE and CArtAgO frameworks