A decentralized approach for establishing a shared communication vocabulary
Jurriaan van Diggelen, Robbert Jan Beun, Frank P. M. Dignum, R.M. van Eijk, J-J.Ch. Meyer · Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University) · 2005
In this paper, we address the issue of communication between agents with heterogeneous ontologies.Our approach aims at providing the agents with a shared communication vocabulary.Instead of adopting a central service which carries out this task, we follow a decentralized approach, i.e. the task is performed collectively by every agent in the system.We describe four communication strategies which, when used by individual agents, give rise to a shared communication vocabulary on a global level.We evaluate these strategies using simulation techniques, which enables us to compare their performance according to specified criteria.