ProtestDuration

 

This is an EPL message with <performative> "ProtestDuration".
The receiver and sender can be any agent, the "PM" is used as an intermediate agent.

Content Fields and Values

:content := "(" Task "|" <string> "&"
                Agent "|" <string> "&"
                SpecifiedDuration "|" <time> "&"
                RequestedDuration "|" <time> "&"
")"

Content Subfields Syntax

Taskname should contain the name of the tasks' goal.
See also PM Content Fields and Values.

Semantics

An agent can use this message to protest against the duration specified for his task. It contains the
specified duration, against which the agent protests, and a more realistic duration, wich the agent proposes for the task. Usually this message is sent to PM which forwards it to the appropriate agent.

Example

( ProtestDuration
:sender PM
:receiver base-designer
:language ProcessLink-EPL
:content ( Task | iod &
           Agent | Agent1 &
           SpecifiedDuration | ( 1 d 0 h ) &
           ProposedDuration | ( 2 d 4 h ) & )
)