Within the fields of computer science and robotics, '''interaction protocols''' are possible communication scenarios between individual agents in multi-agent systems. Some protocols are described quite qualitatively (for example, many parts of the traffic code), but others have a formal model, whose implementations can be tested for conformance (for example, some cryptographic protocols).<ref>{{Citation |last=Bagi&cacute; Babac Marina |title=Abstract Test Suite Specification for ACL Communicating Agents |date=2013 |work=Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications |url=https://www.medra.org/servlet/aliasResolver?alias=iospressISSNISBN&issn=0922-6389&volume=252&spage=245 |access-date=2025-10-21 |publisher=IOS Press |doi=10.3233/978-1-61499-254-7-245 |last2=Jevti&cacute; Dragan|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

FIPA defines markup for interaction protocol diagrams and several standard interaction protocols, including Dutch auction, English auction and reply-response.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wayback Machine |url=http://knowledgeweb.semanticweb.org/semanticportal/deliverables/D2.4.3.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240902222650/http://knowledgeweb.semanticweb.org/semanticportal/deliverables/D2.4.3.pdf |archive-date=2024-09-02 |access-date=2025-10-21 |website=knowledgeweb.semanticweb.org}}</ref>

==See also== *Multi-agent planning

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