Argumentation in Multi-Agent Systems: 4th International Workshop, ArgMAS 2007, Honolulu, HI, USA, May 15, 2007, Revised Selected and Invited Papers - Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2008 edition

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: Part I. Argumentation and Dialogue -- A General Framework for Argumentation-Based Negotiation / Leila Amgoud, Yannis Dimopoulos, Pavlos Moraitis -- On the Benefits of Exploiting Hierarchical Goals in Bilateral Automated Negotiation / Iyad Rahwan, Philippe Pasquier, Liz Sonenberg, Frank Dignum -- Co-argumentation Artifact for Agent Societies / Enrico Oliva, Peter McBurney, Andrea Omicini -- On the Relevance of Utterances in Formal Inter-agent Dialogues / Simon Parsons, Peter McBurney, Elizabeth Sklar, Michael Wooldridge -- A Persuasion Dialog for Gaining Access to Information / Laurent Perrussel, Sylvie Doutre, Jean-Marc Thevenin, Peter McBurney -- Towards Characterising Argumentation Based Dialogue in the Argument Interchange Format / Sanjay Modgil, Jarred McGinnis -- Part II. Argument-Based Reasoning -- Preferences and Assumption-Based Argumentation for Conflict-Free Normative Agents / Dorian Gaertner, Francesca Toni -- The Hedgehog and the Fox: An Argumentation-Based Decision Support System / Maxime Morge -- An Extended Value-Based Argumentation Framework for Ontology Mapping with Confidence Degrees / Cassia Trojahn, Paulo Quaresma, Renata Vieira -- Defeasible Argumentation Support for an Extended BDI Architecture / Nicolas D. Rotstein, Alejandro J. Garcia, Guillermo R. Simari -- Part III. Argumentation and Learning -- Arguing and Explaining Classifications / Leila Amgoud, Mathieu Serrurier -- An Argumentation-Based Framework for Deliberation in Multi-agent Systems / Santi Ontanon, Enric Plaza -- A Hybrid Argumentation of Symbolic and Neural Net Argumentation (Part I) / Wataru Makiguchi, Hajime Sawamura -- A Hybrid Argumentation of Symbolic and Neural Net Argumentation (Part II) / Wataru Makiguchi, Hajime Sawamura -- Author Index. Publisher Marketing: This volume presents the latest developmentsinthegrowingareaofresearch at the interface of argumentation theory and multiagent systems. This area has grown tremendously with many papers appearing in the recent special issue of the Arti?cial Intelligence Journal on "Argumentation" and the special issue of IEEE Intelligent Systems on "Argumentation Technologies. " Over the last few years, argumentation has been gaining increasing imp- tance in multiagent systems, mainly as a vehicle for facilitating rational int- action (i. e., interaction which involves the giving and receiving of reasons). This is because argumentation provides tools for designing, implementing, and a- lyzing sophisticated forms of interaction among rational agents. Argumentation hasmadesolidcontributionstothe practiceofmultiagentdialogues. Application domains include: legal disputes, business negotiation, labor disputes, team f- mation, scienti?c inquiry, deliberative democracy, ontology reconciliation, risk analysis, scheduling, and logistics. A single agent may also use argumentation techniquestoperformitsindividualreasoningbecauseitneedstomakedecisions under complex preferences policies, in a highly dynamic environment. Most papers in this volume appeared in the proceedings of the 4th Int- national Workshop on Argumentation in Multiagent Systems (ArgMAS 2007), which took place in Honolulu, USA, in conjunction with the International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS). This continues the success of the ArgMAS workshop series, which took place in t- dem with AAMAS in New York in 2004, Utrecht in 2005, and Hakodatein 2006.

Contributor Bio:  Reed, Chris Chris Reed is Professor of Electronic Commerce Law at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary, University of London. He has worked exclusively in the computing and technology law field since 1987, and has published widely on many aspects of computer law.