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Argumentation in Multi-Agent Systems

Second International Workshop, ArgMAS 2005, Utrecht, Netherlands, July 26, 2005, Revised Selected and Invited Papers

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS, volume 4049)

Part of the book sub series: Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI)

Conference series link(s): ArgMAS: International Workshop on Argumentation in Multi-Agent Systems

Conference proceedings info: ArgMAS 2005.

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Table of contents (19 papers)

  1. Front Matter

  2. Invited Lecture

    1. The Case of Pragma-Dialectics

      • Frans H. van Eemeren, Peter Houtlosser
      Pages 1-28
  3. Foundations

    1. A Logic of Abstract Argumentation

      • Guido Boella, Joris Hulstijn, Leendert van der Torre
      Pages 29-41
    2. On the Meta-logic of Arguments

      • Michael Wooldridge, Peter McBurney, Simon Parsons
      Pages 42-56
    3. Testing Formal Dialectic

      • Simon Wells, Chris Reed
      Pages 74-87
  4. Negotiation

    1. Argument-Based Negotiation in a Social Context

      • Nishan C. Karunatillake, Nicholas R. Jennings, Iyad Rahwan, Timothy J. Norman
      Pages 104-121
    2. Practical Strategic Reasoning and Adaptation in Rational Argument-Based Negotiation

      • Michael Rovatsos, Iyad Rahwan, Felix Fischer, Gerhard Weiss
      Pages 122-137
    3. A Protocol for Arguing About Rejections in Negotiation

      • Jelle van Veenen, Henry Prakken
      Pages 138-153
  5. Protocols

    1. New Types of Inter-agent Dialogues

      • Eva Cogan, Simon Parsons, Peter McBurney
      Pages 154-168
    2. Argumentation Based Modelling of Embedded Agent Dialogues

      • Yannis Dimopoulos, Antonis C. Kakas, Pavlos Moraitis
      Pages 169-181
    3. Protocol Synthesis with Dialogue Structure Theory

      • Jarred McGinnis, David Robertson, Chris Walton
      Pages 199-216
  6. Deliberation and Coalition Formation

    1. Argumentation-Based Multi-agent Dialogues for Deliberation

      • Yuqing Tang, Simon Parsons
      Pages 229-244
  7. Consensus Formation

    1. Towards a Formal Framework for the Search of a Consensus Between Autonomous Agents

      • Leila Amgoud, Sihem Belabbes, Henri Prade
      Pages 264-278
    2. Argumentation-Supported Information Distribution in a Multiagent System for Knowledge Management

      • Ramón F. Brena, Carlos I. Chesñevar, José L. Aguirre
      Pages 279-296
    3. How Agents Alter Their Beliefs After an Argumentation-Based Dialogue

      • Simon Parsons, Elizabeth Sklar
      Pages 297-312

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Keywords

  • Argumentation
  • MAS
  • agent negotiation
  • argumentation dialogues
  • autonom
  • autonomous agents
  • decision making
  • dialictics
  • formal reasoning
  • knowledge
  • knowledge management
  • knowledge representation
  • modeling
  • multi-agent system
  • multi-agent systems

Reviews

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"Today, agents are a well-known technology, especially for Web applications and services. … This volume contains the papers presented at the Second International Workshop on Argumentation in Multiagent Systems. Overall, the description above is a very simple view of what is covered in this volume. … This book is for specialists with knowledge in the area." (K. Waldhör, ACM Computing Reviews, Vol. 49 (4), April, 2008)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Computer & Information Science Brooklyn College, City University of New York, NY, USA

    Simon Parsons

  • LAMSADE, Université Paris-Dauphine, Paris Cedex 16, France

    Nicolas Maudet

  • Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Paris Descartes University,, Paris Cedex 06, France

    Pavlos Moraitis

  • Faculty of Informatics, British University in Dubai, Dubau, United Arab Emirates

    Iyad Rahwan

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