New Types of Inter-agent Dialogues

Much work in the area of argumentation-based dialogues between agents has been based on the influential taxonomy of dialogue types developed by Walton and Krabbe. In this paper we re-examine the Walton and Krabbe framework, concentrating on the preconditions for different types of dialogue and analyzing them in a systematic way. Doing so identifies a number of new kinds of dialogue missing from the framework. We discuss some of the more interesting of these and develop protocols for them.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2005
• Where: ARGMAS
• Authors: Eva Cogan, Simon Parsons, Peter McBurney
• Keywords: ARGMAS 2005, Dialogue, Dialogue Types, Krabbe Framework