Preferences and assumption-based argumentation for conflict-free normative agents

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 4946 LNAI, Issue , 2008, Pages 94-113

  Gaertner, Dorian ^a   Toni, Francesca ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Argumentation; BDI agents; Conflicts; Norms

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; MAPPING;

AGENT ACTIVITIES; ARGUMENTATION; BDI AGENT; COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS; CONFLICT RESOLUTION; CONFLICTS; NORMS; PREFERENCE REPRESENTATION;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 67049158951     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-78915-4_7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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