Communication Protocols in KQML

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What is a main function of facilitator agents?

  • Providing direct answers to queries
  • Interacting with ontologies
  • Creating new knowledge bases
  • Helping agents find appropriate clients and servers (correct)

When A is not aware of available agents or how to contact them, what performative can be used to request monitoring for the truth of X?

  • Accept
  • Inform
  • Query
  • Subscribe (correct)

What protocol can A use to send a query directly to agent B if it is aware that it is appropriate to do so?

  • Simple point to point protocol (correct)
  • Broadcast protocol
  • Asymmetric protocol
  • Multicast protocol

What can facilitate communication and interoperation problems according to the text?

<p>Agent representation languages and common ontologies approach (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In the context of finding an agent to process an ask(X) performative, what does agent A ask the facilitator F to do?

<p>Find an agent that can process ask(X) performative (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does facilitator F handle the messages from agents A and B in the scenario provided?

<p>Sends B the query, gets a response, and forwards it to A (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the simplest inter-process information exchange protocol described?

<p>One agent acts as a client and sends a query to another agent acting as a server, then waits for a reply. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of exchange is described where the server's reply is not the complete answer but a handle?

<p>The client queries a relational database, which produces a sequence of instantiations in response. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is described in the case where a client subscribes to a server's output and receives an indefinite number of asynchronous replies?

<p>The client does not know when each reply message will arrive and may be busy performing other tasks when they do. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a facilitator in the context of communication protocols?

<p>An agent that performs various useful communication services, such as maintaining a registry of service names and routing messages based on content. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a service provided by a facilitator, according to the text?

<p>Acting as a server and waiting for queries from other agents (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following statements is true about the communication protocols described?

<p>The communication protocols described involve different ways for agents to exchange information. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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