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Published in: KI - Künstliche Intelligenz 3/2014

01-08-2014 | Technical Contribution

Strategic Argumentation in Multi-Agent Systems

Author: Matthias Thimm

Published in: KI - Künstliche Intelligenz | Issue 3/2014

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Abstract

Argumentation-based negotiation describes the process of decision-making in multi-agent systems through the exchange of arguments. If agents only have partial knowledge about the subject of a dialogue strategic argumentation can be used to exploit weaknesses in the argumentation of other agents and thus to persuade other agents of a specific opinion and reach a certain outcome. This paper gives an overview of the field of strategic argumentation and surveys recent works and developments. We provide a general discussion of the problem of strategic argumentation in multi-agent settings and discuss approaches to strategic argumentation, in particular strategies based on opponent models.
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Metadata
Title
Strategic Argumentation in Multi-Agent Systems
Author
Matthias Thimm
Publication date
01-08-2014
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
KI - Künstliche Intelligenz / Issue 3/2014
Print ISSN: 0933-1875
Electronic ISSN: 1610-1987
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13218-014-0307-2

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