Rights and Commitments in Multi-Agent Agreements
OA Location
Author(s)
Norman, TJ
Sierra, C
Jennings, NR
Type
Conference Paper
Abstract
For agents to act in collaboration, they often require an agreement that describes how they are to act, to which they are commited. Typically, agreements are characterised as an explicit course of action or a goal to be acieved. In this paper, it is argued such agreements may over specify the interaction required. To overcome this problem, a novel formalisation of agreements between agents is presented that is based on rights as well as actions to be performed. Each agent that is involved in an agreement is bound to uphold the rights of others, and the implications of excersing rights and acting for others. It is argued that this approach provides agents with greater flexibility in the agreements they may reach, while retaining the necessary group commitment.
Date Issued
1998-07-03
Date Acceptance
1998-07-03
Citation
Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Multi-Agent Systems (ICMAS-98), 1998, pp.222-229
Publisher
IEEE
Start Page
222
End Page
229
Journal / Book Title
Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Multi-Agent Systems (ICMAS-98)
Copyright Statement
© 1998 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works.
Identifier
http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/252164/
Source
3rd International Conference on Multi-Agent Systems (ICMAS-98)
Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Computer Science, Software Engineering
Computer Science, Theory & Methods
Computer Science
Publication Status
Published
Start Date
1998-07-03
Finish Date
1998-07-07
Coverage Spatial
Paris, France