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Agent Argumentation with Opinions and Advice

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In argumentation-based negotiation the rhetorical illocutionary particles Appeals, Rewards and Threats have implications for the players that extend beyond a single negotiation and are concerned with building (business) relationships. This paper extends an agent’s relationship-building argumentative repertoire with Opinions and Advice. A framework is described that enables agents to model their relationships and to use argumentative dialogue strategically both to achieve good negotiation outcomes and to build and sustain valuable relationships.

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  1. QCIS, UTS, Broadway, NSW, 2007, Australia

    John Debenham

  2. IIIA, CSIC, Campus UAB, 08193, Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain

    Carles Sierra

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  1. Dept. Computer Science and, Software Engineering, University of Portsmouth, Buckingham Building, Lion Terrace, Portsmouth, PO1 3HE, United Kingdom

    Max Bramer

  2. School of Computing &, Mathematical Sciences, University of Greenwich, Park Row 30, London, SE10 9LS, United Kingdom

    Miltos Petridis

  3. , Faculty of Technology, De Montford University, The Gateway, Leicester, LE1 9BH, United Kingdom

    Adrian Hopgood

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Debenham, J., Sierra, C. (2011). Agent Argumentation with Opinions and Advice. In: Bramer, M., Petridis, M., Hopgood, A. (eds) Research and Development in Intelligent Systems XXVII. SGAI 2010. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-130-1_2

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