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Journal of Logic and Computation 1998 8(3):261-292; doi:10.1093/logcom/8.3.261
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Agents that Reason and Negotiate by Arguing

SIMON PARSONS, CARLES SIERRA and NICK JENNINGS

Department of Electronic Engineering, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London London El 4NS, U.K. E-mail: S.D.ParsonsC.A.SierraN.R.Jennings{at}qmw.ac.uk

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 conflicting objectives, correct inconsistencies in their knowledge of other agents' world views, and coordinate a joint approach to domain tasks which benefits 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).

Keywords: Argumentation; negotiation; multi-context systems; multi-agent systems; BDI agents


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