Constitutive and Regulative Specifications of Commitment Protocols: A Decoupled Approach (Extended Abstract)

A clear separation of the constitutive from the regulative specification would bring many advantages, mostly as direct We analyze the emerging trends from research on effects of the obtained modularity: easier reuse of actions in multi-agent interaction protocols, on workflows and different contexts, easier customization on the protocol, easier on business processes. We propose a definition of composition of protocols. As a consequence, MAS would gain commitment-based interaction protocols, characterized greater openness, interoperability, and modularity of design.