A Dialogue Game Protocol for Multi-Agent Argument over Proposals for Action

  • Authors:
  • Katie Atkinson;Trevor Bench-Capon;Peter Mcburney

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Computer Science, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK L69 7ZF;Department of Computer Science, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK L69 7ZF;Department of Computer Science, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK L69 7ZF

  • Venue:
  • Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

We present the syntax and semantics for a multi-agent dialogue game protocol which permits argument over proposals for action. The protocol, called the Persuasive Argument for Multiple Agents (PARMA) Protocol, embodies an earlier theory by the authors of persuasion over action which enables participants to rationally propose, attack, and defend, an action or course of actions (or inaction). We present an outline of both an axiomatic and a denotational semantics, and discuss implementation of the protocol, in the context of both human and artificial agents.