Autonomy and agent deliberation

Mehdi Dastani, Frank Dignum, John-Jules Meyer

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Abstract

An important aspect of agent autonomy is the decision making capability of the agents. We discuss several issues that agents need to deliberate about in order to decide which action to perform. We assume that there is no unique (rational or universal) deliberation process and that the deliberation process can be specified in various ways. The deliberation process is investigated from two perspectives. From the agent specification point of view the deliberation process can be specified by dynamic properties such as commitment strategies, and from the agent programming point of view the deliberation process should be implemented through the deliberation cycle of the agent, which can be either fixed or determined by a deliberation programming language. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2004.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)114-127
JournalLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume2969
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2004
Externally publishedYes

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