Format:
38 S.
Series Statement:
Shin-Sedai-Konpyūta-Gijutsu-Kaihatsu-Kikō 〈Tōkyō〉: ICOT technical report 821
Content:
Abstract: "The purpose of this paper is to present the design principles and features of a novel communication scheme that has been used to support cooperative problem solving within a network of knowledge-based systems. In presenting this account, we attempt to answer a set of critical yet unsettled questions of cooperative systems communication such as when and how a knowledge-based system knows which message to send, what the conditions of success are for a message, and how individual systems cooperate with each other for different purposes. To achieve this, we first propose two key design principles: (1) the loose coupling of communication issues and knowledge representation issues, and (2) the notion of communicative acts
Content:
We then work these ideas into the communication scheme COSMO, whose key features include: knowledge handlers, an operation model, organizational roles, message types, communication strategies and protocols.
Language:
English
