... systems rou- tinely assume that all messages eventually arrive to their intended recipients and are not distorted by the ... between the agents. This third party may Agent Communication and Cooperative Information Agents 197.

Frank Dignum, Mark Greaves. does not have the information or cannot supply the information . Conversely , an order to ... systems . In practice , however , idiosyncratic social conventions have ended up being embedded in agent ...

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In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application.

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