DocumentCode
2223825
Title
Social interactions in multi-agent systems: a formal approach
Author
Fasli, Maria
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Essex, Colchester, UK
fYear
2003
fDate
13-16 Oct. 2003
Firstpage
240
Lastpage
246
Abstract
The paper presents a formal analysis of social interactions within multi-agent systems. The fundamental building blocks of such systems are social agents which can be individuals or aggregations of agents whose structure can be formally characterised in terms of roles and relationships between them. Agents are free to join social agents while in pursuit of their own objectives, but at the same time they have to balance their preferences and their commitments. Stability and regulation of behaviour within a multi-agent system and within social agents is accounted for by means of commitments, obligations and rights.
Keywords
formal logic; multi-agent systems; software agents; behavior regulation; behavior stability; building blocks; formal analysis; multiagent system; social agents; social interaction; Computer science; Design methodology; Intelligent agent; Multiagent systems; Ontologies; Problem-solving; Stability; Teamwork;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Intelligent Agent Technology, 2003. IAT 2003. IEEE/WIC International Conference on
Print_ISBN
0-7695-1931-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IAT.2003.1241074
Filename
1241074
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