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Problem solving by autonomous, interacting computersystems has attracted much attention in the ArtificialIntelligence community. These autonomous computersystems, called agents, provide a promisingperspective for the legal knowledge-based systemscommunity, as legal problem solving often involvesdistributed problem solving capabilities that gobeyond the capabilities of individual knowledge-basedsystems.
We focus on the coordination of agents andcommunication between agents by proposing a model ofcommunication between various agents using modellingtechniques such as communication primitives and statetransition diagrams. Our representation concerns theDutch Algemene Wet Bestuursrecht (AWB; GeneralAct on Administrative Law). A proposal for an agentarchitecture describes how these communication aspectscan be incorporated into an architecture.
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Heesen, C., Homburg, V. & Offereins, M. An Agent View on Law. Artificial Intelligence and Law 5, 323–340 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008234231123
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