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DALT
2009
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
Computing Utility from Weighted Description Logic Preference Formulas
We propose a framework to compute the utility of a proposal w.r.t. a preference set in a negotiation process. In particular, we refer to preferences expressed as weighted formulas ...
Azzurra Ragone, Tommaso Di Noia, Francesco M. Doni...
DALT
2009
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
Ontology and Time Evolution of Obligations and Prohibitions Using Semantic Web Technology
The specification and monitoring of conditional obligations and prohibitions with starting points and deadlines is a crucial aspect in the design of open interaction systems. In th...
Nicoletta Fornara, Marco Colombetti
DALT
2009
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
Social Commitments in Time: Satisfied or Compensated
Abstract. We define a framework based on computational logic technology and on a reactive axiomatization of the Event Calculus to formalize the evolution of commitments in time. We...
Paolo Torroni, Federico Chesani, Paola Mello, Marc...
DALT
2009
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
Prioritized Goals and Subgoals in a Logical Account of Goal Change - A Preliminary Report
Abstract. Most previous logical accounts of goal change do not deal with prioritized goals and do not handle subgoals and their dynamics properly. Many are restricted to achievemen...
Shakil M. Khan, Yves Lespérance
DALT
2009
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
Explaining and Predicting the Behavior of BDI-Based Agents in Role-Playing Games
Abstract. Virtual characters in games operate in a social context involving other characters and human players. If such socially situated virtual characters are to be considered be...
Michal P. Sindlar, Mehdi Dastani, Frank Dignum, Jo...
DALT
2009
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
Unifying the Intentional and Institutional Semantics of Speech Acts
Carole Adam, Andreas Herzig, Dominique Longin, Vin...
DALT
2009
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
The Refinement of Choreographed Multi-Agent Systems
This paper generalises the theory of agent refinement from [1] to multi-agent systems in the presence of new coordination mechanisms extended with real time. The generalisation is ...
Lacramioara Astefanoaei, Frank S. de Boer, Mehdi D...
DALT
2009
Springer
14 years 4 months ago
Tableaux for Acceptance Logic
We continue the work initiated in [1–3], where the acceptance logic, a modal logic for modelling individual and collective acceptances was introduced. This logic is aimed at capt...
Mathijs de Boer, Andreas Herzig, Tiago De Lima, Em...
DALT
2009
Springer
14 years 4 months ago
Verifying Dribble Agents
Abstract. We describe a model-checking based approach to verification of programs written in the agent programming language Dribble. We define a logic (an extension of the branch...
Doan Thu Trang, Brian Logan, Natasha Alechina
DALT
2009
Springer
14 years 6 months ago
Correctness Properties for Multiagent Systems
What distinguishes multiagent systems from other software systems is their emphasis on the interactions among autonomous, heterogeneous agents. This paper motivates and characteriz...
Munindar P. Singh, Amit K. Chopra