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Emotions as commitments operators: A foundation for control structure in multi-agents systems

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Agents Breaking Away (MAAMAW 1996)

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Typically, multi-agent systems (MAS) relie on sociological theory and use centrally the concept of commitment. A definition as well as a tentative computational model of this concept, emerge from research in sociology and in computer science, leading naturally to the study of resource management. We claim that effective resource management in a distributed system requires powerful control structure yet to be founded. We then propose a model of control that stems from the psychology of human emotions as part of the fundamental definition of more autonomous, and adaptive multi-agent systems.

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  1. Université de Sherbrooke, 2500 Blvd Université, J1K 2R1, Sherbrooke, Qc, Canada

    Michel Aubé

  2. Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, succursale A, H3C 3J7, Montréal, Qc, Canada

    Alain Senteni

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Aubé, M., Senteni, A. (1996). Emotions as commitments operators: A foundation for control structure in multi-agents systems. In: Van de Velde, W., Perram, J.W. (eds) Agents Breaking Away. MAAMAW 1996. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1038. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0031843

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