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Groups and Societies: One and the Same Thing?

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Progress in Artificial Intelligence — IBERAMIA 98 (IBERAMIA 1998)

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To answer this question, we propose a general model of coordination in Multi-Agent Systems. Autonomous agents first recognise how they depend on each other (they may need or prefer to interact about the same or different goals), and then, in the negotiation phase, exchange offers in the form of commissive speech acts. Finally, agents adopt social, interlocking, commitments if an agreement is reached.

Joint plans are seen as deals and team activity as a special case of social activity in which, having agents the same common goal, every possible deal is profitable. Consequently, notions traditionally involved in Cooperative Problem Solving such as help and joint responsibility are applied to any social interaction. Therefore, the answer to our question is yes.

This research has been supported by the Ministerio de Educación y Cultura del Gobierno Español (EX 97 30605211).

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    Helder Coelho

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Alonso, E. (1998). Groups and Societies: One and the Same Thing?. In: Coelho, H. (eds) Progress in Artificial Intelligence — IBERAMIA 98. IBERAMIA 1998. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 1484. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-49795-1_5

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