Agents That Reason and Negotiate by Arguing

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The need for negotiation in multi-agent systems stems from the requirement for agents to solve the problems posed by their interdependence upon one another. Negotiation provides a solution to these problems by giving the agents the means to resolve their con icting objectives, correct inconsistencies in their knowledge of other agents' world views, and coordinate a joint approach to domain tasks which bene ts all the agents concerned. We propose a framework, based upon a system of argumentation, which permits agents to negotiate in order to establish acceptable ways of solving problems. The framework provides a formal model of argumentation-based reasoning and negotiation, details a design philosophy which ensures a clear link between the formal model and its practical instantiation, and describes a case study of this relationship for a particular class of architectures (namely those for belief-desire-intention agents).

Simon Parsons, Carles Sierra, Nicholas R. Jennings

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