Argumentation in Multi-Agent Systems Second International Workshop, ArgMAS 2005 Utrecht, The Netherlands, July 26, 2005 Revised Selected and Invited Papers /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Parsons, Simon (Editor), Maudet, Nicolas (Editor), Moraitis, Pavlos (Editor), Rahwan, Iyad (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 4049
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer communication systems.; User interfaces (Computer systems).; Artificial intelligence.; Computational linguistics.; Computer Science.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Computer Communication Networks.; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction.; Language Translation and Linguistics.

Table of Contents:

• Invited Lecture
• The Case of Pragma-Dialectics
• Foundations
• A Logic of Abstract Argumentation
• On the Meta-logic of Arguments
• Nested Argumentation and Its Application to Decision Making over Actions
• Testing Formal Dialectic
• Negotiation
• Formal Handling of Threats and Rewards in a Negotiation Dialogue
• Argument-Based Negotiation in a Social Context
• Practical Strategic Reasoning and Adaptation in Rational Argument-Based Negotiation
• A Protocol for Arguing About Rejections in Negotiation
• Protocols
• New Types of Inter-agent Dialogues
• Argumentation Based Modelling of Embedded Agent Dialogues
• Liberalizing Protocols for Argumentation in Multi-agent Systems
• Protocol Synthesis with Dialogue Structure Theory
• Deliberation and Coalition Formation
• An Argumentation-Based Model for Reasoning About Coalition Structures
• Argumentation-Based Multi-agent Dialogues for Deliberation
• Consensus Formation
• Presentation of Arguments and Counterarguments for Tentative Scientific Knowledge
• Towards a Formal Framework for the Search of a Consensus Between Autonomous Agents
• Argumentation-Supported Information Distribution in a Multiagent System for Knowledge Management
• How Agents Alter Their Beliefs After an Argumentation-Based Dialogue.