© 2000 Todd Neller.  A.I.M.A. text figures © 1995 Prentice Hall.  Used by permission.
Agent Communication
•“intentional exchange of information brought about by the production and perception of signs drawn from a shared system of conventional signs”
•Purposes: control only? No.:
–Inform, query, answer, request/command action, promise/bargain, acknowledge, share experiences, etc.
–Speech acts - direct: Help me!, indirect: I could use some help.