22.2 Types of Communicating Agents

• Telepathic agents (agents share same internal representation)

• Any agent can use: tell(KB_A,P), ask(KB_A,Q), where A is any agent

• Reconciling different symbols used by different agents

• Reconciling different knowledge bases when bandwidth is limited

• Communicating heterogeneous agents

• Heterogeneous agents may use different internal representations.

• They share a common external communication language.

• Communication is an action.