Managing Social Influences through Argumentation-Based Negotiation
OA Location
Author(s)
Karunatillake, NC
Jennings, NR
Rahwan, I
Ramchurn, SD
Type
Conference Paper
Abstract
Social influences play an important part in the actions that an individual agent may perform within a multi-agent society. However, the incomplete knowledge and the diverse and conflicting influences present within such societies, may stop an agent from abiding by all its social influences. This may, in turn, lead to conflicts that the agents need to identify, manage, and resolve in order for the society to behave in a coherent manner. To this end, we present an empirical study of an argumentation-based negotiation (ABN) approach that allows the agents to detect such conflicts, and then manage and resolve them through the use of argumentative dialogues. To test our theory, we map our ABN model to a multi-agent task allocation scenario. Our results show that using an argumentation approach allows agents to both efficiently and effectively manage their social influences even under high degrees of incompleteness. Finally, we show that allowing agents to argue and resolve such conflicts early in the negotiation encounter increases their efficiency in managing social influences.
Date Issued
2006
Citation
2006, pp.35-52
Start Page
35
End Page
52
Identifier
http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/262022/
Source
Third International Workshop on Argumentation in Multi-Agent Systems (ArgMAS 2006)
Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Computer Science, Theory & Methods
Computer Science
DIALOGUE GAME PROTOCOL
Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing
08 Information And Computing Sciences
Notes
Event Dates: 8th May 2006
Publication Status
Unpublished