The role of the environment in agreement technologies

The notion of Multi-Agent System environment is currently considered as a mediating entity, functioning as enabler but possibly also as a manager and constrainer of agent actions, perceptions, and interactions. In this paper, we analyze how the environment could be a first class abstraction to suppo...

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Published in:The Artificial intelligence review 2013, Vol.39 (1), p.21-38
Main Authors: Argente, Estefanía, Boissier, Olivier, Carrascosa, Carlos, Fornara, Nicoletta, McBurney, Peter, Noriega, Pablo, Ricci, Alessandro, Sabater-Mir, Jordi, Schumacher, Michael Ignaz, Tampitsikas, Charalampos, Taveter, Kuldar, Vizzari, Giuseppe, Vouros, George
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agents (artificial intelligence)
Agreements
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Science
Design
Expert systems
Informatics
Modeling and Simulation
Negotiations
Norms
Open systems
Perception
Perceptions
Semantics
Software engineering
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Summary:The notion of Multi-Agent System environment is currently considered as a mediating entity, functioning as enabler but possibly also as a manager and constrainer of agent actions, perceptions, and interactions. In this paper, we analyze how the environment could be a first class abstraction to support the building, the development and the management of Agreements in decentralized and open systems between autonomous agents. To this aim we analyze the synergies between the environment and the foundational dimensions of agreement technologies such as semantics, norms, organizations, argumentation & negotiation, trust.
ISSN:0269-2821
1573-7462
DOI:10.1007/s10462-012-9388-1