ArgMAS

Argumentation can be abstractly defined as the interaction of different arguments for and against some conclusion. Over the last few years, argumentation has been gaining increasing importance in multi-agent systems, mainly as a vehicle for facilitating "rational interaction" (i.e., interaction which involves the giving and receiving of reasons). Argumentation has made solid contributions to the practice of multi-agent dialogues (e.g., legal disputes, business negotiation, labor disputes, team formation, scientific inquiry, deliberative democracy, ontology reconciliation, risk analysis, scheduling, and logistics). A single agent may also use argumentation techniques to perform its individual reasoning because it needs to make decisions under complex preferences policies, in a highly dynamic environment. This workshop will be concerned with the use of the concepts, theories, methodologies, and computational models of argumentation in building autonomous agents and multi-agent systems.

URL: http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~parsons/events/argmas/argmas05/

Organizers: Nicolas Maudet, Pavlos Moraitis, Simon Parsons (parsons@sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu), Iyad Rahwan