“Results” WG Deliberation

John-Jules MeyerEmil Weydert

Day 1

• Introduction• Discussion of BDI and alternatives

– BOID– QDT– Game theory– ...

Day 1

• Disadvantages? / problems? with BDI– Lack of concensus about interaction

axioms -> agent types?! – Lack of concensus about BDI concepts

such as goals, abilities, etc… (“every author has its own conception”)

– Need further extensions -> very/too complicated semantics ?!

Day 2

• What is deliberation?– Balancing knowledge and desire

yielding plan / intention– How to get goals (Wooldridge)– (re)planning --- DI update -- reasoning

about action– Application of Max. Exp. Utility model

What is deliberation? (ctd)

– Choosing intentions/goals/plans– Dealing with conflicts (e.g. arising

from communication vs autonomy)– Maintenance of BDI-state (including

BDI revision/updates)

• Ambiguity wrt deliberation: selection vs the whole deliberation process

Killer applications??

• … (long discussion)• Applications ‘everywhere’:

– Robots (e.g. in transport)– ‘Natural’ / rational dialogue

generation, negotiations– Deliberation whether agent should

engage in knowledge-seeking action

Killer applications??

• … (long discussion)• Applications ‘everywhere’:

– cooperation– negotiation– information

Conclusion:

• Killer applications to be found in the other working groups (negotiation, cooperation, information) !!!

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